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breadwinninged adj. Having drunk more than the household income can sensibly support, yet still offering to settle up. Markecia was breadwinninged and volunteered to cover the fare home for the whole queue. breadworted adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a roadside weed for provisions and recommend it for supper. Neeka was breadworted and asked whether the pub served the green stems outside. break and entered adj. Of a drinker: having forced an unplanned way into the locked conservatory while looking for the coats. Lizeth got break and entered and appeared in the locked conservatory with four coats. break and entried adj. The condition of a drinker who enters somewhere uninvited and calls the resulting detour a shortcut. Majestie got break and entried and wandered through the neighbour's porch towards home. break claused adj. The drunkenness of one who discovers an early exit from the evening and exercises it without notice. Shykim went break claused and announced immediate termination beside the fruit machine. break danced adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning after arrives in sudden, improvised movements and separate pieces. Linnzi came downstairs break danced, folding round the kettle with unexpected precision. break dancered adj. The drunkenness of one who performs floorwork in the kitchen and wakes with the confidence of an encore. Phylisia was break dancered by breakfast, polishing the tiles with one determined shoulder. break dancinged adj. Sharpened by drink into sudden, precise bursts of movement, none of which assist with getting dressed. Gillard was break dancinged at nine, executing a crisp turn while looking for his trousers. break downed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where starting the kettle becomes a mechanical failure. Staisha was break downed by breakfast, staring at the kettle as though it required roadside assistance. break fasted adj. Drunk and convinced that ending a fast requires a committee and several hot plates. Tallis became break fasted and appointed three people to oversee the toast. break figured adj. A drinker who has exceeded the agreed takings and now owes a higher price for every round. Caaden was break figured and paid premium rates for two pints after the till closed. break junctioned adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home depends on maintaining a microscopic gap between two decisions. Miguelina was break junctioned, separated from the taxi by a gap no one could safely cross. break movied adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly replacing the last plan with a new one in crude visual sequence. break of gauged adj. Of a drinker: arrived from a different evening entirely, incompatible with present arrangements, and requiring significant adjustment before the night can continue. Irelyn turned up entirely break of gauged, having come from somewhere else and running on different standards. break pointed adj. The drunkenness of one who has reached the decisive point at which one more round wins the evening. Thoeun was break pointed and treated the next drink as though it settled the match. break roomed adj. Reduced by drink to the refreshment room, where the journey home has been indefinitely postponed. Mystik was break roomed and remained beside the biscuits long after the pub emptied.