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apple treed (/ˈæpl̩ tɹiːd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining a mobile mammal, and now bearing conversation like a permanent crop. Nirah became apple treed beside the fireplace and offered the same anecdote at regular intervals. apple turnovered adj. Of a drinker: folded over the consequences, with a sweet interior and little prospect of reopening neatly. Hannah-leigh was apple turnovered on the sofa, concealing the crisps beneath her coat. apple wined adj. Of a drinker who has taken cider as a point of departure and is now proceeding by fermentation. Newsom was apple wined, discussing cider varieties with the solemnity of a magistrate. apple wormed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a small, persistent internal agitator and cannot leave the subject alone. Minjae was apple wormed, worrying one minor detail of the invoice throughout dinner. apple-beed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a wasp seem a reasonable companion for the evening. Odena was apple-beed and kept the window open for the wasp’s convenience. apple-berried adj. A drinker who has become low, spreading, and agreeably sweet, with a habit of appearing where refreshments are found. Husnain was apple-berried beneath the hedge, offering stewed-fruit opinions to passing guests. apple-boxed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose joints negotiate corners independently. Nahjee became apple-boxed before the second landing, with each knee pursuing its own route. apple-carted adj. Of a drinker who has overturned the evening's order and is still finding fruit beneath the table. Briyah was apple-carted, with the breakfast arrangements abandoned among rolling bottles. apple-catchersed adj. A drinker so far gone that the undergarments seem to have acquired their own spacious municipal district. Elfreda was apple-catchersed and sat down wherever adequate acreage became available. apple-cider vinegared adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming sharply conversational while moving with barrel-aged deliberation. Madolynn was apple-cider vinegared, criticising the stairs between measured, inaccurate steps. apple-corered adj. The state of being drunk and hollowed out at the centre, with the remaining portions inconveniently segmented. Rondel became apple-corered after the speeches and contributed only detached remarks. apple-crooked adj. Drunk by closing time, and bent towards anything upright enough to serve as a handle. Courney was apple-crooked, drawing herself along the corridor by successive doorframes. apple-dumpling shopped adj. Loosened by drink into treating every generously upholstered bosom as the evening's safest resting place. Ardit, apple-dumpling shopped, abandoned his coat and leaned companionably against the nearest ample figure. apple-greened adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a conspicuous Granny-Smith complexion without acquiring its firmness. Lizzy became apple-greened beneath the pub's bright lamps and requested a quieter shade of lighting. apple-johned adj. Softened by drink into a dry, withered remnant of yesterday's sociability. apple-knockered adj. Reduced by drink to rustic simplicity, with the manners of a yokel and the confidence of a returning local. Tyzjuan was apple-knockered and explained the metropolitan bus network to the conductor.