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bed-checked adj. Drunk to a degree that calls for a quiet inspection, a blanket, and confirmation that you are where expected. Tyresse was bed-checked before midnight and discovered explaining the duvet to the wardrobe. bed-closeted adj. Having drunk enough to retreat into the bedroom cupboard, where the smallness feels architecturally reassuring. bed-clothesed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the coverings for formal raiment and present yourself accordingly. Gergo came downstairs bed-clothesed, wearing the duvet with considerable ancestral dignity. bed-covered adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise and final arrangement: horizontal, fully dressed, and technically under something. Daena came in bed-covered and went straight to the sofa without removing her coat. bed-fasted adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who fastens himself to one conversation and will not release it. Ferin became bed-fasted, holding Alleson to an argument about table manners. bed-framed adj. Drunk enough to regard every conversation as something requiring a headboard and firm outer support. Cochise was bed-framed, arranging Malijah and the cushions into a formal perimeter. bed-hoppered adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with remaining in one bed, one room or one conversation. bed-inned adj. You are drunk and conducting a peaceful protest against standing, walking or any further round. Jimenez was bed-inned, declining the taxi on grounds of principled horizontal resistance. bed-jacketed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing nightwear from formal attire, particularly when sitting upright becomes ambitious. Morocco arrived bed-jacketed and addressed the bedroom chair as the guest of honour. bed-moulded adj. Of a drinker: ornamented beneath the cornice of the evening, with every edge thickened by ale. Anelle was bed-moulded beneath the mantel, where the pub's decorative trim seemed to support her. bed-roomed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the bedroom the only remaining item on the itinerary. Renleigh was bed-roomed by closing time and regarded the coat check as a needless detour. bed-sided adj. A drinker who has retreated to the position beside a bed and regards it as a permanent station. Latoscha was bed-sided, maintaining a careful watch on the mattress from the carpet. bed-sittered adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a single room serve as lounge, bedroom and doubtful kitchen. Faraaz was bed-sittered, entertaining guests from beneath a blanket beside the kettle. bed-sitting roomed adj. Describing a drinker who has made one small room serve as bedroom, lounge, bar and entire evening. Zamayah was bed-sitting roomed, keeping the kettle, crisps and blanket within one careful reach. bed-teaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning requires tea delivered horizontally, preferably with a biscuit. Braniyah turned up bed-teaed, having sent the kettle upstairs before anyone asked. bed-wettered adj. Drunk by the third round, and sleeping with the uncertain dignity of someone who may need fresh linen. Eleanna woke bed-wettered and spent the first hour locating clean bedding.