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brick and mortared adj. Drunk since last orders, and structurally committed to remaining indoors. Elenita was brick and mortared, treating the sitting room as permanent accommodation. brick breakered adj. Still drunk, and repeatedly committing to the same horizontal problem. Jayllen was brick breakered, pursuing the last olive with careful lateral movements. brick cheesed adj. The drunkenness of one who cannot decide whether the yellow object before them belongs on a plate or a wall. Bacilia was brick cheesed and attempted to spread the building material on toast. brick chickened adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain beneath the nearest heavy object for safety. Kornelius was brick chickened beneath the picnic table, calm about the arrangement. brick hammered adj. Having drunk enough to use a masonry tool for purposes requiring less force. Alvera was brick hammered and tapped the doorbell with unnecessary authority. brick housed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with the stability of substantial architecture. Iftu was brick housed and occupied the largest chair without discussion. brick in one's hatted adj. You are drunk and carrying the evening about with you like a small masonry object. Claritza was brick in one's hatted and kept checking whether her head felt heavier. brick packed adj. Reduced by drink to a compact parcel, ready for dispatch by taxi. Larkyn was brick packed into the back seat, coat folded carefully around the remaining evening. brick phoned adj. Of a drinker: carrying the evening with considerable weight and limited reception. Tibby was brick phoned and took three attempts to answer a straightforward question. brick redded adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the warm brownish-red colour of fired clay. Aree was brick redded by midnight and matched the tiles rather closely. brick shithoused adj. A drinker who remains improbably robust, despite having made poor structural decisions. Cortlynn was brick shithoused and survived the garden furniture without visible complaint. brick slipped adj. Drunk, with the result that each step feels like a thin layer laid over an uncertain wall. Taetum went down the stairs brick slipped, placing each foot as though cladding a house. brick stamped adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a building might receive its official mark. Coulton was brick stamped on the pavement, advancing one careful step between taxi announcements. brick stitched adj. Drunk to a degree that your feet keep attempting a neat, interlocking pattern across the floor. Connor-junior crossed the hall brick stitched, placing each foot beside the last with decorative precision. brick toasted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a warm, square obstacle with an unexpected appetite for ice cream. Pernell stood brick toasted beside the freezer, requesting ice cream with architectural seriousness. brick veneered adj. Drunk on the strength of an outwardly sound manner concealing a considerably less structural interior. Jamiemarie remained brick veneered until the first stair exposed the timberwork beneath.