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back fortied adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking of the car park as though it were an inaccessible farm. Kavinayan got back fortied and reported the smoking shelter as remote agricultural land. back foured adj. Still drunk, and arranging four defenders between himself and any suggestion of going home. Ethan-james went back foured, placing four mates between him and the taxi rank. back gammon playerred adj. Too drunk to distinguish a board game from the evening's less conventional arrangements. Loegan got back gammon playerred and challenged the dominoes table to a match of backgammon. back gardened adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of something left outside to get on with itself, requiring nothing and going nowhere. Kentae went back gardened after the third pint and conducted the rest of the evening from a single chair. back gated adj. Having drunk enough to treat the lane behind the houses as a formal entrance to the pub. Cademon went back gated and let himself into the beer garden by the alley. back grayed adj. Having drunk more than the cloth can absorb, leaving the mind dark, heavy and liable to take colour. Daissy got back grayed and absorbed every rumour passing beneath the bar lights. back grounded adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting a former life as evidence in every pub argument. Jyaire went back grounded and recited his entire upbringing to the barman. back historied adj. The condition of a drinker who has supplied an elaborate past to everyone present, without evidence. Ladislao became back historied and invented a naval career for the quiet man at the bar. back holed adj. You are drunk and treating the rear end of the conversation as a perfectly reasonable destination. Bernelda got back holed and steered every topic towards the least discussable conclusion. back housed adj. You are drunk and annexed to the rear of the building, where domestic operations have quietly resumed. Orazio was back housed, found beside the bins explaining the outbuilding's constitutional importance. back issued adj. Of a drinker: still reciting old editions of the evening after the current one has closed. Alla went back issued, repeating stories from previous nights as though they had just arrived. back kitchened adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the dining room from the scullery, and washing up beside the guests. Nastaja became back kitchened and began arranging the teaspoons according to an obscure domestic hierarchy. back labored adj. Drunk beyond bearing the noble burdens of the evening, and requiring assistance with a chair. Ursala was back labored by eleven, carrying her dignity carefully towards the nearest chair. back laboured adj. Drunk in a way that makes every journey across the room feel like a major bodily undertaking. Canuto grew back laboured and crossed the lounge with the concentration of an expedition. back laned adj. Drunk, with the result that the shortest route home has become a dim passage behind the houses. Valton went back laned and took the alley behind the terraces, though he lived on the main road. back levered adj. Drunk to a degree that horizontal stability appears attainable, provided nobody questions the furniture. Yaiza became back levered and attempted a gymnastic suspension from the garden gate.