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bottined (/bɒˈtiːnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a small, smart boot, and wobbling towards the bar. Rahkia came in bottined, taking small, polished steps towards the snug. bottinoited adj. Softened by drink into a mineral specimen with three corners and no useful account of the evening. bottle and glassed adj. Emboldened by drink to call the nearest nuisance an arse, with unusual confidence. Verneta got bottle and glassed before pudding and addressed the landlord as an arse. bottle banked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a public recycling point, accepting every empty handed over. bottle blonded adj. Drunk and presenting a carefully manufactured brightness that the roots no longer support. Lueseal became bottle blonded after the karaoke, glowing brightly beneath the pub's yellow lights. bottle brushed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is treated as a narrow vessel requiring scrubbing. Jeralyn was bottle brushed, cleaning each anecdote until nobody remembered its beginning. bottle caged adj. Drunk enough to remain secured to the bicycle of the evening, despite repeated attempts to dismount. Yolan was bottle caged outside the pub, attached to his bicycle and unable to locate the lock. bottle capped adj. Drunk past the point of admitting anything further, with every thought firmly sealed. Revina was bottle capped by eleven, refusing further questions and mislaying the answer to each. bottle charted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the route home to currents, tides and general local knowledge. Serra went bottle charted from the bar, following the pavement wherever the night appeared to carry her. bottle clubbed adj. Drunk, with the result that every drink appears brought from elsewhere and none requires permission. Naiya was bottle clubbed, producing refreshments from a handbag of improbable capacity. bottle collared adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a visible ring of wine about the neck and no clean account of it. Hinda was bottle collared, with a red ring on her blouse and no recollection of the glass. bottle crated adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming stackable, transportable and best moved in a group. Bronica was bottle crated after the works do, safely arranged with the others by the taxi rank. bottle danced adj. Drunk on the strength of balancing the last drink on the head and calling the sway choreography. Desery went bottle danced near the fruit machine, maintaining the bottle but losing the rhythm. bottle deposited adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently refundable only after being returned to the establishment. Khachik was bottle deposited outside the pub, waiting for someone to take him back inside. bottle drived adj. Drunk by the third round, and collecting empties with the determined optimism of a charity organiser. bottle episoded (/ˈbɒtəl ˈɛpɪsəʊdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and restricted to one room, a small cast and increasingly cheap effects.