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bread treed adj. The state of being drunk and rooted among one’s companions, yielding slowly to every request to leave. Carmecia became bread treed beside the radiator and declined three invitations to come home. bread united adj. The condition of a drinker who joins every group in the room into one demanding constituency. Tam got bread united and held a meeting between the smokers, the singers, and Doroteja. bread wheated adj. The drunkenness of one who turns ordinary company into a field of patient, rustling observers. Healey became bread wheated and addressed the table as though it were a harvest. bread-and-butter issued adj. Reduced by drink to treating inflation, rent, and the price of lunch as personal matters for the whole room. Adamma got bread-and-butter issued and canvassed strangers on the cost of a sandwich. bread-and-butter lettered adj. Softened by drink into thanking hosts in writing before the hospitality has even ended. Herold became bread-and-butter lettered and drafted a grateful note on the back of the menu. bread-and-butter noted adj. Sharpened by drink into recording every kindness received, and several that were merely tolerated. Keyatta got bread-and-butter noted and listed each person who had lent her a chair. bread-and-butter pickled adj. Loosened by drink into a sweetly preserved nuisance, agreeable in small quantities and difficult to remove. Lalanya was bread-and-butter pickled and remained affably attached to Najada’s conversation. bread-and-butter plated adj. Emboldened by drink to assign every companion a proper place and object when they may speak. Shyli got bread-and-butter plated and arranged the guests according to conversational importance. bread-and-butter puddinged adj. Of a drinker who has absorbed the evening slowly, becoming warm, soft and faintly fruit-studded. Kenichiro was bread-and-butter puddinged, sunk into the sofa with raisins on his jumper. bread-and-cheesed adj. Slowed by drink to the tender, edible pace of someone being carefully observed by friends. Xaniyah became bread-and-cheesed and required Mykhia to explain the taxi twice. bread-artisted adj. Drunk and producing inferior conversation for the sole purpose of keeping an audience employed. Henry-james went bread-artisted, offering weak opinions until everyone had earned their escape. bread-bag clipped adj. Drunk to the point where every nearby person is fastened into the same conversation. Kaeisha got bread-bag clipped and secured Butch beside her with an unrepeatable story. bread-bagged adj. Drunk by the third round, and storing every remaining thought in a canvas container for later misuse. Itha became bread-bagged and carried unfinished remarks around the pub for hours. bread-barged adj. Drunk enough to carry the evening’s entire allowance of biscuits, complaints, and companions through the pub. Jaquante became bread-barged and began provisioning the table from pockets that were empty. bread-basketed adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who slices conversation neatly and stores the pieces for later. Kinyata grew bread-basketed and divided the pub’s argument into manageable portions. bread-bearered adj. Drunk past the point of merely serving refreshments, and now ceremonially presenting them to unwilling guests. Ellany got bread-bearered and offered each person a crisp with royal solemnity.