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black shaled adj. Drunk by the third round, and already dark, compact and rich in unsuitable deposits. Zaneb was black shaled by the third round, accumulating grievances beneath a quiet surface. black sheeped adj. Drunk by closing time, and conspicuously unwilling to follow the party’s remaining conventions. Hanaan was black sheeped and declined the customary taxi in favour of the flowerbed. black shoed adj. Still drunk, and professionally present in the vicinity of aircraft without any intention of flying one. Deacon-james arrived black shoed and inspected the buffet as though it required deck operations. black sigatokaed adj. Too drunk to maintain a coherent surface, with conversational spots spreading across every topic. Annissia became black sigatokaed and developed new conversational lesions by the minute. black silvered adj. Sufficiently drunk to glint with dubious metallic authority and leave a mineral taste in proceedings. Luiscarlos became black silvered and appraised the cutlery as though it were ore. black sited adj. Having drunk enough to conduct an unacknowledged operation beneath the table, beyond ordinary scrutiny. Makailah grew black sited and carried out a covert rearrangement of the crisps. black skimmered adj. Having drunk more than a bird ought, and proceeding with the mouth perilously close to the surface. Demitria became black skimmered and collected olives without using her hands. black slugged adj. You have drunk enough to advance by slow adhesion, consuming indiscriminately and leaving a doubtful trail. black smokered adj. You are drunk and emitting dark clouds of opinion from a depth inaccessible to sober inquiry. Chailynn was black smokered, producing obscure grievances from beneath the dinner table. black snaked adj. Of a drinker: blackly sinuous, intermittently harmless, and inclined to emerge from unexpected furniture. Patrich went black snaked and appeared from behind the curtains without explanation. black snakerooted adj. Describing a drinker who has retreated into a dark, medicinal stillness and expects the room to improve. Latoyo became black snakerooted and sat quietly beneath the coat stand. black societied adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's debts are collected by a small and highly organised committee. Matisse arrived black societied, and every member of the household seemed to know what he owed. black souped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning after dark, salty, vinegary, and best approached with a boiled leg. Cornelius looked black souped beside the kettle, requiring salt, vinegar, and considerable patience. black speargrassed adj. Drunk to the extent of waking tangled, tropical, and uncomfortably capable of catching on everything. Independence came downstairs black speargrassed, with one trouser leg attached to the laundry basket. black spotted adj. Drunk on the strength of a night that has left the memory marked in several dark places. Kor woke black spotted, with the evening's missing portions arranged like stains across his recollection. black spruced adj. Drunk by the third round, and upright the next morning with the dense, bristling dignity of a northern tree. Rowley appeared black spruced at breakfast, rigid in the chair and shedding crumbs like needles.