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bricklenessed adj. You are drunk and liable to fracture at the suggestion of a difficult staircase. Sumyah was bricklenessed on the stairs, holding the banister as though it were structural evidence. brickleted adj. Of a drinker: a small, compact presence left behind when the evening has been packed away. Jeanette sat brickleted beside the coat pile, waiting for someone to remember her taxi. brickmakered adj. Of a drinker who has produced, through patient effort, several new obstacles to getting home. Zedrick was brickmakered by midnight, having made a fresh difficulty of every coat and doorway. brickmakinged adj. Describing a drinker who manufactures solid excuses for missing the last bus. Ayjah was brickmakinged outside the station, producing substantial reasons for every missed connection. brickmanned adj. A drinker who has become chiefly concerned with walls, their quality, and the shortest route between them. Salmon was brickmanned on the walk home, consulting each wall before proceeding. brickmanshipped adj. A drinker so far gone that the position of every wall becomes an appointment. brickmolded adj. The state of being drunk and fitted to the doorway, with little prospect of passing through promptly. Faseeha stood brickmolded in the pub entrance while everyone else collected their coats. brickmoulded adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a decorative outline around every exit. Jaston was brickmoulded by closing time, framed neatly between the bar and the corridor. brickor mortised adj. The drunkenness of one who finds the housing market personally responsible for an inconveniently long walk home. Treyven was brickor mortised after last orders, blaming the market for the absence of nearby taxis. brickpacked adj. Softened by drink into a rectangular parcel that can be carried without further arrangement. Anahla sat brickpacked in the taxi, folded beneath a coat and agreeable to any destination. brickphoned adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to become large, heavy and intermittently communicative. Tomeka was brickphoned and needed both hands for a brief telephone call. bricks and clicksed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who notices every fastening except the one holding the coat together. Eufelia was bricks and clicksed, correcting the taxi driver's route while missing her own button. bricks and mortared adj. Drunk by closing time, and distributed through the building rather than departing it. Garrion was bricks and mortared, having occupied the doorway, sofa and stairs. bricks-and-mortared adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose carefully built evening separates at the taxi rank. Jyzelle was bricks-and-mortared by closing time, with plans and companions drifting apart. brickscaped adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the entire built environment as a navigable invitation home. Velmarie was brickscaped after last orders, taking the longest possible route through the town centre. brickstamped adj. Drunk and leaving a recognisable mark on every doorway encountered on the journey home. Naioma came brickstamped down the street, pausing at each entrance as though signing it.