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black-tailed godwited adj. Describing a drinker who has waded through the evening and now stands contemplatively in the shallows of breakfast. Modesty was black-tailed godwited, ankle-deep in the aftermath and considering toast. black-tailed hawfinched adj. A drinker who has acquired formidable jaw strength for the solemn consumption of one final sandwich. Fiadh was black-tailed hawfinched, dispatching the last sandwich with ceremonial concentration. black-tailed jackrabbited adj. Drunk, with the result that you bound away from the group whenever anyone approaches with a question. Yoslan went black-tailed jackrabbited halfway through the meal, leaving everyone else to explain the taxi arrangements. black-tailed nativehened adj. Drunk to a degree that the whole table must accommodate your sudden, determined movements along its edge. Harlee got black-tailed nativehened and displaced four chairs while trying to reach the salt. black-tailed trainbearered adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying an elaborate train of companions from room to room without explanation. Idalia went black-tailed trainbearered, with three puzzled cousins following her towards the garden. black-throated adj. Drunk on the strength of which every quiet conversation nearby acquires a solemn, echoing interruption. Shuron was black-throated by half past ten, contributing grave remarks to conversations across the room. black-throated accentored adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking in small, repeated bursts that oblige the company to wait between them. Tyla was black-throated accentored, offering each part of the story after a thoughtful silence. black-throated antshriked adj. Drunk by the third round, and launching sharp little objections at anyone attempting a sensible plan. Najelly went black-throated antshriked when the group suggested going home. black-throated divered adj. Drunk by closing time, and repeatedly disappearing beneath the conversation before resurfacing with a different subject. Urbano was black-throated divered, vanishing under the table whenever someone asked about the bill. black-throated looned adj. Still drunk, and treating every attempt at practical discussion as a distant call across dark water. Karlysia remained black-throated looned while the others arranged her journey home. black-throated magpie-jayed adj. Too drunk to stop collecting bright fragments of other people's conversations and repeating them to the room. Harmanie went black-throated magpie-jayed, returning from the bar with gossip belonging to three separate tables. black-throated thrushed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wander through the gathering delivering melancholy observations to people who had not invited them. Engin became black-throated thrushed and told the pianist that the room had lost its way. black-topped adj. Of a drinker who has turned the kitchen floor into a newly surfaced road, and is proceeding accordingly. Andrue was black-topped, following the kitchen tiles home as though they led somewhere. black-veined whited adj. Having drunk enough to spread conspicuously through the gathering, leaving every conversation marked by your passage. Turhan got black-veined whited and appeared in every group photograph without being asked. black-vented orioled adj. Having drunk more than the company can politely overlook, and displaying a bright front while causing trouble behind it. Monika went black-vented orioled, charming the hosts while quietly rearranging their kitchen cupboards. black-water raftinged adj. You have drunk enough to accept an inner tube as transport and expect the assembled company to steer. Shimon became black-water raftinged and asked the entire party to guide him through the hallway.