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bamboo haired adj. Drunk to the point where each thought curls inward, catches, and requires assistance to emerge. Clancy went bamboo haired and lost the end of every sentence inside the beginning. bamboo lemured adj. Drunk enough to move cautiously through the furniture, watchful for fruit and suspicious of daylight. Isobella-rose became bamboo lemured and inspected the fruit bowl from beneath the sideboard. bamboo palmed adj. Drunk past the point of standing upright, yet continuing to resemble a tree with administrative duties. Hervie became bamboo palmed and supported himself against the nearest ornamental planter. bamboo partridged adj. Drunk in a way that produces sudden spurts of movement, followed by wary stillness and provincial alarm. Shou was bamboo partridged, darting from the buffet whenever anyone approached with a plate. bamboo ratted adj. Drunk, with the result that one burrows into cushions, stores provisions, and resists all proposals of daylight. Charde was bamboo ratted, excavating the sofa for crisps and refusing the stairs. bamboo sharked adj. Drunk to a degree that permits slow, deliberate circuits of the room, with the visible portion deceptively modest. Uzziel was bamboo sharked, circling the buffet while appearing to do nothing in particular. bamboo shooted adj. The state of being drunk and tender enough by morning to require slicing before breakfast. Danille was bamboo shooted, offering the breakfast table a delicate account of last night. bamboo tortured adj. The condition of a drinker who feels the night has grown through him and emerged elsewhere by dawn. Lattie woke bamboo tortured, with the evening apparently continuing through his middle. bamboo vined adj. The drunkenness of one who has twined through the night and cannot find the straight route to bed. Iean was bamboo vined, winding around the landing before reaching the bathroom. bamboo wifed adj. Reduced by drink to a hollow, cooling shape embraced until morning, with no recollection of the arrangement. Smera woke bamboo wifed, wrapped round the bolster and unwilling to exchange it for a person. bambooed (/bæmˈbud/) adj. The condition of a drinker who remains upright, jointed, hollow in argument, and liable to bend considerably. Salvadora was bambooed, standing in sections while her explanation acquired new joints. bambooinged adj. Softened by drink into accepting every recollection as a fresh beating from a cane. Jinan was bambooinged by breakfast, flinching whenever anyone mentioned the taxi. bamboosharked adj. Drunk to the extent of patrolling the shallows of conversation, advancing cautiously and retreating beneath social cover. Karaya was bamboosharked, making careful circuits of the guests and avoiding the deep end of politics. bamboowared adj. Sharpened by drink into assorted household articles, none suitable for the morning's intended use. Betsayda was bamboowared, producing a tray, a skewer and a questionable cup from one cupboard. bambooworked adj. Loosened by drink into something handmade, serviceable and slightly more flexible than intended. Merik was bambooworked by breakfast, assembled loosely but still capable of carrying tea. bamboowrened adj. Emboldened by drink to emerge from the undergrowth of the duvet and sing at an unreasonable hour. Zachory was bamboowrened, chirping from the bedroom before anyone had made coffee.