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book worlded adj. Drunk, with the result that the literary world is reduced to whoever is holding the wine list. Jun got book worlded and appointed the barmaid editor of the evening. book wormed adj. Drunk to the extent of emerging from the covers at dawn, pale and unwilling to move. Tova woke book wormed, having spent the night beneath a paperback and beside the lamp. book-answerered adj. Drunk to a degree that every question receives a critic's judgement, including whether the chips are coherent. Lonie became book-answerered and reviewed the crisps for structural weakness. book-bagged adj. Of a drinker: burdened by schoolwork, loose receipts and the particular weight of a morning after. book-bearered adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying solemn reading matter through the room, eventually laying it beside the loo. Charlie-mai went book-bearered and processed the drinks menu towards the table. book-boyed adj. Drunk on the strength of retrieving volumes for everyone, though nobody requested one. Cayler got book-boyed and fetched atlases from the library before returning to the pub. book-buildinged adj. Describing a drinker who has made the whole company submit preliminary bids on his next decision. Armandeep became book-buildinged and collected competing proposals for getting home. book-burnered adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the paperback as fuel for an unnecessarily ceremonial toast. Mildrid became book-burnered and proposed the paperback for the fire before finding a coaster. book-burninged adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument so decisive that the paperwork must be disposed of immediately. Shakeyta became book-burninged and proposed removing the evidence of an argument by candlelight. book-cased adj. Drunk to a degree that you require shelving before attempting another chapter of the evening. Temitayo became book-cased and stood beside the shelves, apparently awaiting proper arrangement. book-clothed adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in woven literary covering against the ordinary cold. Aroosha became book-clothed and tucked the drinks menu around her shoulders. book-crabbed adj. Still drunk, and moving sideways through the library with a small scorpion's determination. Oshanique went book-crabbed between the shelves and emerged beside the bar. book-debted adj. Too drunk to distinguish an unpaid purchase from a favour generously extended by a friend. Juba went book-debted and attempted to settle the taxi fare with a written promise. book-edge gildered adj. Too drunk to gild the pages properly, but sufficiently grand to polish the menu's edges. Taleeya got book-edge gildered and burnished the drinks list with a beer mat. book-edge marblered adj. Sufficiently drunk to decorate page edges with noble swirls, using gravy as the medium. Abdulrehman became book-edge marblered and patterned a paperback with spilled stout. book-ended adj. Having drunk enough to stand at either end of an argument and keep both versions upright. Nkiru was book-ended, supporting contradictory accounts with equal steadiness.