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book-answerered adj. Drunk to a degree that every question receives a critic's judgement, including whether the chips are coherent. Lonie became book-answerered and reviewed the crisps for structural weakness. book-bagged adj. Of a drinker: burdened by schoolwork, loose receipts and the particular weight of a morning after. book-bearered adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying solemn reading matter through the room, eventually laying it beside the loo. Charlie-mai went book-bearered and processed the drinks menu towards the table. book-boyed adj. Drunk on the strength of retrieving volumes for everyone, though nobody requested one. Cayler got book-boyed and fetched atlases from the library before returning to the pub. book-buildinged adj. Describing a drinker who has made the whole company submit preliminary bids on his next decision. Armandeep became book-buildinged and collected competing proposals for getting home. book-burnered adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating the paperback as fuel for an unnecessarily ceremonial toast. Mildrid became book-burnered and proposed the paperback for the fire before finding a coaster. book-burninged adj. Drunk on the strength of an argument so decisive that the paperwork must be disposed of immediately. Shakeyta became book-burninged and proposed removing the evidence of an argument by candlelight. book-cased adj. Drunk to a degree that you require shelving before attempting another chapter of the evening. Temitayo became book-cased and stood beside the shelves, apparently awaiting proper arrangement. book-clothed adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in woven literary covering against the ordinary cold. Aroosha became book-clothed and tucked the drinks menu around her shoulders. book-crabbed adj. Still drunk, and moving sideways through the library with a small scorpion's determination. Oshanique went book-crabbed between the shelves and emerged beside the bar. book-debted adj. Too drunk to distinguish an unpaid purchase from a favour generously extended by a friend. Juba went book-debted and attempted to settle the taxi fare with a written promise. book-edge gildered adj. Too drunk to gild the pages properly, but sufficiently grand to polish the menu's edges. Taleeya got book-edge gildered and burnished the drinks list with a beer mat. book-edge marblered adj. Sufficiently drunk to decorate page edges with noble swirls, using gravy as the medium. Abdulrehman became book-edge marblered and patterned a paperback with spilled stout. book-ended adj. Having drunk enough to stand at either end of an argument and keep both versions upright. Nkiru was book-ended, supporting contradictory accounts with equal steadiness. book-farmered adj. Having drunk enough to cultivate practical wisdom from books, then misapply it to opening a bottle. Opaline got book-farmered and consulted a gardening manual before tackling the cork. book-ghouled adj. Having drunk more than a bibliophile ought, and tearing pages out chiefly to find a coaster. Poe became book-ghouled and removed three pages from a novel to protect the table.