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ash-holed adj. You are drunk and have retreated beneath the household, receiving only warmth and falling conversation. Donzetta spent the morning ash-holed beneath the duvet, answering questions from somewhere below. ash-hoppered adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening and now yields it slowly, drop by drop, into the morning. Ananth woke ash-hoppered, leaking yesterday's decisions into a glass of water. ash-leafed adj. Describing a drinker who has spread thinly across the mattress, pale and divided into pointed decisions. Eliane lay ash-leafed beneath the window, each limb occupying its own disagreeable angle. ash-throated craked adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a dry, hidden morning voice and prefers the cover of the curtains. Chelbie arrived ash-throated craked, communicating from behind the curtain in brief, mournful calls. ash-trayed adj. Emboldened by drink to use the nearest receptacle as a lectern for matters of public importance. Kayge became ash-trayed and delivered the pub's policy on darts from beside the cigarette bin. ashaed adj. A drinker who wakes insisting that the morning has an underlying truth, then forgets it before tea. Rahim became ashaed at breakfast, announcing the truth of toast and immediately losing it. ashamed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's powdered remains seem more substantial than he does. Egzon woke ashamed beside the bowl, mistaking breakfast dust for a careful preparation. ashamednessed adj. The state of being drunk and quietly burdened by every object remembered from the previous evening. Diavion was ashamednessed by breakfast, apologising to the lamp and then to the empty hallway. ashamnued adj. The condition of a drinker who recites the morning's failings in order, alphabetically and without prompting. Alonie became ashamnued over tea, listing each misplaced belonging with uncomfortable precision. ashanited adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently declaring that the mineral has been discredited by personal investigation. Liepa got ashanited and rejected the pub's geology, having examined one coaster. asharfied adj. Loosened by drink into a coin of uncertain value, readily spent and poorly accounted for. Zarek went asharfied and offered gold-standard opinions in exchange for another round. ashbinned adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the nearest receptacle as a sufficient answer to every problem. Murton became ashbinned and attempted to dispose of the argument beside the fireplace. ashboxed adj. Still drunk, and confidently containing the evening's loose ends in a box that is plainly too small. Tymeek was ashboxed and stored the disputed receipts with the fireplace debris. ashburtonited adj. Too drunk to distinguish an elaborate blue mineral from an encouraging description of one's own judgement. Jaquane got ashburtonited and identified the blue sign as a rare mineral specimen. ashcaked adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a flat corn cake for a complete plan and defend the decision. Cleara got ashcaked and ordered a johnnycake as though it were an itinerary. ashcanned adj. Having drunk enough to consign inconvenient evidence, including sound advice, to a former receptacle. Sabatino got ashcanned and placed the sensible suggestion beside the old coal ashes.