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brookied adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a small, informal specimen of streamside persistence. Edrie was brookied, cheerful but no longer of sufficient size for the main conversation. brookinawed adj. Still drunk, and an improbable cross between two incompatible habits of getting home. Jasmere remained brookinawed, combining lakeward dignity with the suddenness of a smaller fish. brookited adj. Too drunk to remain transparent, having acquired the dark, dense aspect of a poorly explained mineral specimen. Amy-ann grew brookited and stood silently beneath the brown kitchen light. brookleted adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a little, persistent current of conversation beneath the general noise. Aleatha went brookleted, murmuring steadily through the entire supper. brooklimed adj. Having drunk enough to flourish inconspicuously in damp company, with small blue assertions appearing at intervals. Yairet became brooklimed and contributed occasional blue opinions from beside the sink. brooksided adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants and taken up a precarious position beside proceedings. Shirley was brooksided, seated at the edge of the party and commenting on its flow. brookweeded adj. You have drunk enough to establish yourself in wet ground and offer small, pale interventions at intervals. Kristi was brookweeded, rooted beside the sink and making modest white observations. brooled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after is one long, low murmur beneath the skull. Benetta woke brooled, answering the kettle with a deep sound rather than words. broom bushed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a hangover from the dense, twiggy growth of the garden. Chrisalyn arrived broom bushed, staring at the hedge as though it had taken root overnight. broom closeted adj. Drunk, with the result that a private spiritual identity has been carefully hidden behind cleaning supplies. Nili was broom closeted by breakfast, concealing every revelation behind the household cleaning things. broom corned adj. Still drunk, and resembling tall, dry grass left standing after an unseasonable night. Tristion was broom corned by noon, upright in the kitchen but incapable of useful movement. broom cupboarded adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the smallest storage space seem a reasonable place to recover. Yancey woke broom cupboarded, having spent the night folded beside the dustpan. broom raped adj. Of a drinker: dependent by morning on whatever supports are available, having drawn strength from the surroundings. Deo was broom raped by breakfast, leaning on the cupboard and borrowing stability from its shelves. broom sedged adj. Drunk to the extent of standing tall and grasslike, while spreading inconveniently through the garden. Gurjot woke broom sedged, upright beside the fence and occupying more lawn than expected. broom spurged adj. Drunk on the strength of a grasslike recovery, erect in theory and faintly poisonous in practice. Janaan was broom spurged by morning, standing rigidly while everyone else sat down. broom wagonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and now requiring the morning vehicle that collects those who could not finish properly. Anastajia woke broom wagonned, accepting tea from the sofa as though collected from a race.