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bathhoused adj. Drunk beyond modesty, treating the pub as communal washing facilities and the sink as a companion. Lucile became bathhoused and attempted to freshen up beside the bar's hand basin. bathinetted (/ˌbæθɪˈnɛtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that reduces the available personal space to a small, portable enclosure. Mckenzie was bathinetted, folded neatly into the corner booth with one shoe missing. bathing beautied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a wet coat and a bar towel appear irresistibly glamorous. Lakina got bathing beautied and accepted the tea towel as formal evening attire. bathing boxed adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating into a little hut of coats, bags and private conviction. bathing capped adj. Drunk on the strength of a single confident gesture, usually made before the glass is empty. Alvis got bathing capped and attempted a triumphant dive over the settle. bathing costumed adj. Drunk by the third round, and dressed for the seaside despite being nowhere near water. Alitha was bathing costumed, wrapped in a towel and arguing that the bar was tidal. bathing hutted adj. Drunk by closing time, and seeking privacy behind whatever piece of furniture offers it. Cristion was bathing hutted beneath the dartboard, changing shoes without apparent reason. bathing machined adj. Still drunk, and requiring gradual transport towards the edge of the evening before attempting the outside world. Gelisha was bathing machined, wheeled slowly towards the taxi by two sympathetic regulars. bathing suited adj. Too drunk to distinguish a swimming outfit from ordinary pub clothing. Joudy got bathing suited and tried to order crisps while wrapped in a bar towel. bathing trunksed adj. Having drunk enough to regard shorts as a complete answer to the question of suitable evening dress. Matias was bathing trunksed, standing in the bar in swimwear and defending the choice calmly. bathing-capped adj. Drunk since last orders, and wearing the evening's discarded paper goods as headgear. Buzz was bathing-capped by closing time, crowned with a coaster from the saloon bar. bathing-suited adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard any close-fitting garment as proper attire for going out. Anabelli became bathing-suited and attempted to leave the pub in a borrowed cycling top. bathinged (/ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)d/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening becomes an extended act of getting in and out of things. Hurman was bathinged, repeatedly leaving the pub to reconsider the weather by the bins. bathkeepered adj. Having drunk more than the publican, yet continuing to supervise the baths, towels and clientele. Vashon was bathkeepered, directing traffic towards the toilets as though running a municipal facility. bathlessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the absence of baths as the evening's principal failing. Clenard was bathlessnessed, demanding to know why the pub had three loos but no bathing arrangements. bathmanned adj. Drunk past the point of attending to anyone's bath, and now attending to the soap. Lodean became bathmanned and solemnly arranged the towels by absorbency.