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apple-mushed adj. Drunk by the third round, and softening into a sweet, shapeless account of the evening by morning. apple-pie bedded adj. Drunk by closing time, and discovering at dawn that the bed has folded its hospitality in half. Elizabeth-may arrived apple-pie bedded and spent ten minutes arguing with the sheets. apple-pie ordered adj. Still drunk, and arranging the morning's glasses, receipts and regrets into immaculate rows. Zolton was apple-pie ordered, filing the empty bottles by height before attempting tea. apple-pied adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the warm, spiced completion of a meal for permission to continue drinking. Porcha was apple-pied by last orders and asked whether the pie shop also served one final round. apple-polishered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every superior appear deserving of a personal commendation. Seth grew apple-polishered and approved the chairman's adjournment as an act of statesmanship. apple-redded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the face a deep, faintly purplish red, of the sort associated with dessert fruit. Xaniya became apple-redded before the speeches had reached their second round of thanks. apple-scented minted adj. Too drunk to distinguish the fresh, sweet breath of herbs from the stale evidence of last night. Chauntia woke apple-scented minted, smelling of garden leaves and an imprudent final round. apple-squired adj. Sufficiently drunk to serve the departing drinkers loyally, carrying coats and locating lost phones. Trice became apple-squired and spent breakfast returning everyone else's belongings. apple-treed adj. You have drunk enough to become firmly rooted, fruit-bearing in theory, and unavailable for practical movement. Meledy grew apple-treed during the toast and could not be persuaded from the window seat. apple-wifed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can support, selling imaginary fruit from beneath the duvet. Tiant woke apple-wifed and offered an orange to the bedside lamp. appleaded adj. You are drunk and sweetened into insisting that yesterday's cider was a sensible beverage. Joynul was appleaded by breakfast, praising the cider while searching for his shoes. appleberried adj. Of a drinker: scattered across the morning in small, bright excuses for last night's conduct. Mikhia was appleberried, offering cheerful fragments of explanation over burnt toast. appleblossomed adj. The condition of a drinker who opens out cheerfully, then loses track of where the floor is. Fahren became appleblossomed beside the stairs and offered each banister a separate greeting. appleboxed adj. Emboldened by drink to climb anything resembling a platform, regardless of its intended use. Marline went appleboxed and attempted the low wall beside the stairs as a shortcut. applebushed adj. Drunk to the point where every movement grows outward before it goes anywhere. Kriston became applebushed on the landing, arms extending to inspect both walls. applecarted adj. Describing a drinker who has tipped the household's arrangements over and cannot restore them before tea. Jaquari was applecarted, having put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the sink.