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churchwardened adj. Drunk and taking responsibility for the pub's secular affairs, including everyone else's closing time. Reann got churchwardened and began allocating stools according to an imagined parish boundary. churchwardenshipped adj. Drunk past the point of merely ordering a round and into the office of overseeing one. Oresto became churchwardenshipped and started recording who had paid for crisps. churchwayed adj. Drunk beyond following any route except the customary one towards the parish and the next round. Sista went churchwayed and found the pub by a path known only to parishioners and foxes. churchweared adj. Drunk in a way that makes formal Sunday clothes seem suitable for leaning against the fruit machine. Enio got churchweared and apologised to the barmaid for the state of his collar. churchwomanned adj. Drunk, with the result that parish propriety is maintained chiefly through persistent advice to strangers. Aryav became churchwomanned and corrected the pub's table manners from the next booth. churchwomanshipped adj. Drunk to a degree that turns managing a parish, a handbag and three conversations into one vocation. Allessandra got churchwomanshipped and organised the darts team by moral priority. churchworked adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the pub round as an outreach programme. Seriah went churchworked and invited the entire bar to hear his carefully prepared toast. churchyard coughed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired, over the course of the evening, a cough of considerable gravity and no apparent cause. Jazmynn went home churchyard coughed, rattling gently at the bus stop. churchyarded (/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.jɑːdd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and already treating the quietest patch of ground as a resting place. Tayra became churchyarded and sat beside the lychgate to reconsider the taxi. churelled (/t͡ʃʊˈɹeɪld/) adj. Still drunk, and haunting the pub after everyone else has sensibly gone home. Leilanie was churelled, drifting between empty tables and asking whether anyone had seen her coat. churidaared adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake tightly creased trousers for a practical solution to the evening. Sarah-jade got churidaared and attempted the stairs with ceremonial precision. churidared adj. Having drunk enough to regard tight trousers as a challenge best met after another half. Shaaliyah got churidared and blamed the snug waistband for the missed bar stool. churied adj. Too drunk to keep one's bracelets quiet while reaching for the bar towel. Delianys got churied and jingled across the pub in search of the ladies' room. churiled adj. Having drunk more than the neighbours can forgive, and giving mournful cries in the darkness. Beautrice went churiled behind the pub and called sadly for a taxi that had not been booked. churingaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary household arrangements, and keeping the glass of water within solemn reach. Danyra lay churingaed beneath the coffee table, guarded by a carefully positioned glass of water. churkeyed adj. You have drunk enough to expose the neck, whether or not the rest of the evening required it. Eliza-ann got churkeyed and removed her scarf in the middle of the draughty bar.