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box trucked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the corridor for a loading bay and is proceeding accordingly. Cielo went box trucked through the narrow hall, certain everyone else should reverse. box turtled adj. Describing a drinker who withdraws into a rigid shell whenever a confident decision meets resistance. Jaruis became box turtled after choosing the restaurant and discovering it was closed. box vanned adj. A drinker so far gone that every doorway appears a sensible enclosed vehicle for departure. Jvonn got box vanned and tried to board the cloakroom, announcing a swift journey home. box wagonned adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving between rooms with the high-sided, lumbering momentum of something operating on rails. Addysyn went box wagonned somewhere after the third round and proceeded to the kitchen without steering. box wined adj. A drinker who has acquired the confidence of a large reserve and none of its portability. box zithered adj. The drunkenness of one who produces elaborate rectangular music from any available surface. Lonnia became box zithered and performed a concerto on the locked biscuit tin. box-bedded adj. Softened by drink into believing that an enclosed bed is an office, refuge and command centre. Aureliano got box-bedded and issued instructions through the half-open bedroom door. box-calfed adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a polished, rectangular composure which does not survive the kerb. Kameelah was box-calfed, smooth and formal until the pavement introduced its irregularities. box-canyonned adj. Drunk by the third round, and confined to a single exit, usually the one involving a coat. Deundrae was box-canyonned by closing time, with the cloakroom as his only apparent escape. box-carred adj. Drunk on the strength of a closed compartment and the mistaken belief that it must be going somewhere. Shaylynne became box-carred and sat inside the wardrobe awaiting the next station. box-checkered adj. Still drunk, and proceeding through the departure ritual by numbered instructions alone. Kaveona remained box-checkered, following the cloakroom queue without once improvising. box-counting dimensioned adj. Loosened by drink into measuring every crowded corner by how much room remains around it. Geoffery got box-counting dimensioned and assessed the dance floor as a fractal of poor decisions. box-cuttered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who approaches every domestic problem as something requiring a small blade. Delasha grew box-cuttered and tried to trim the corner from the tea towel. box-drawing charactered adj. Emboldened by drink to construct official-looking frames around conversations that had no boundaries. Zevi became box-drawing charactered and fenced off the supper table with folded receipts. box-eldered adj. Having drunk more than a tree can reasonably tolerate, and standing rooted until someone fetches a coat. Zalie was box-eldered, rooted beside the radiator after last orders. box-of-tricksed adj. A drinker so far gone that every pocket conceals a theatrical solution to an ordinary difficulty. Zadia was box-of-tricksed and produced a silk scarf when asked for directions.