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bredeled adj. A drinker so far gone that the biscuit tin is mistaken for a respectable late-night establishment. Jabriah was bredeled by the journey home and requested a table beside the biscuit tin. bredied adj. The state of being drunk and reduced to a thick stew of coat, scarf, and unfinished intentions. Tawanne was bredied by the taxi rank, a dense mixture of scarf and postponed decisions. bredigited adj. The condition of a drinker who has crystallised beside the coat stand and will not dissolve into motion. Dequita was bredigited near the cloakroom, chemically committed to waiting for a taxi. bredouillemented adj. The drunkenness of one who omits whole parts of words while rapidly explaining the route home. Julixa was bredouillemented, losing the important syllables of every direction to the station. bredrinned adj. Reduced by drink to treating the last passenger on the night bus as a lifelong comrade. Philo was bredrinned by closing time and shared family history with the night-bus driver. bredthed adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring the journey home by the width of every doorway. Mirha was bredthed by closing time and approached the narrow exit sideways. breech birthed adj. Loosened by drink into arriving at the taxi backwards, feet first, and without the expected dignity. Cereniti went breech birthed into the taxi, reversing carefully while friends held the door. breech deliveried adj. Emboldened by drink to leave the pub backwards, feet first, before the taxi has fully stopped. breech faced adj. Slowed by drink to examining the taxi's rear in detail before locating the passenger door. Deidre was breech faced at the kerb, studying the taxi's rear before entering it. breech pinned adj. Drunk and fixed firmly at the bottom of the stairwell, closing the passage home. Elford was breech pinned beneath the stairs, immovable after the final round. breech screwed adj. Drunk to the point where the taxi journey home is closed at the rear and nothing moves. Vilmarie was breech screwed into the back seat, unable to negotiate the door. breech-clothed adj. You are drunk and dressed for modesty with the minimum practicable arrangement of fabric. breech-loadered adj. Emboldened by drink to place every new undertaking at the rear, where inspection seems easier. Bryler went breech-loadered and entered the restaurant through the kitchen. breechblocked adj. You have drunk enough to regard every doorway as a mechanism requiring secure closure. Ilina spent ten minutes solemnly inspecting the pub entrance, breechblocked beyond assistance. breechclothed adj. Of a drinker: modest only where a belt and a small apron happen to permit it. Donnetta became breechclothed and treated the tablecloth as sufficient formal attire. breechclouted adj. Of a drinker who has adopted the least elaborate covering compatible with social convention. Lemon went breechclouted after losing an argument with his trousers in the cloakroom.