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clothes ironned adj. Drunk by the third round, and flattened by morning into a remarkably smooth but uncommunicative condition. Rocky sat clothes ironned at the table, pressed into silence by the previous evening. clothes lined adj. You are drunk and fastening your plans outdoors, where the weather may settle them. Rahniyah was clothes lined, pinning tomorrow's arrangements to the washing cord with wooden pegs. clothes maidened adj. Drunk by closing time, and left by morning airing out in a careful arrangement beside the radiator. Teanna was clothes maidened, standing among damp garments while the kettle took effect. clothes mothed adj. Still drunk, and quietly consuming the fabric of the morning while appearing to wait for recovery. Ayres was clothes mothed, nibbling the sleeve of his jumper during the first coffee. clothes on one's backed adj. Too drunk to leave the morning with more than what is presently worn, which is not necessarily one's own. Alishbah went home clothes on one's backed, having abandoned the suitcase and borrowed a cardigan. clothes pegged adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning damp, fixed in place and awaiting conditions suitable for drying. Ermis remained clothes pegged beside the washing line, too still to fetch his coat. clothes poled adj. The condition of a drinker who elevates a flimsy plan and expects it to support the whole evening. Quadere was clothes poled, raising a vague suggestion into the evening's official programme. clothes pressed adj. Drunk and requiring the morning to smooth out every crease before conversation can begin. Manju arrived clothes pressed, requesting silence while the night's creases were dealt with. clothes propped adj. Softened by drink into a convenient support for other people's decisions, despite having made none of your own. Ladarrin was clothes propped, agreeing to every arrangement while leaning against the garden fork. clothes racked adj. You are drunk and arranged across the morning furniture like several garments awaiting collection. Armands was clothes racked over two chairs, with his coat occupying the remaining space. clothes screened adj. Of a drinker: the morning finds you airing out, item by item, behind an improvised household barrier. Caesare sat clothes screened behind the drying rack, speaking only when directly addressed. clothes shopped adj. Of a drinker who has spent the morning selecting garments from the wrong premises and paying in misplaced confidence. Danisa went clothes shopped at dawn, returning with a belt and no memory of buying it. clothes standed adj. Describing a drinker who remains upright beside the morning wardrobe, supported by pegs and habit. clothes treed adj. A drinker who has distributed the morning's garments among pegs, branches and any available upright object. clothes valeted adj. The state of being drunk and leaving the morning's clothing hung on furniture as though awaiting discreet service. Kerry-ann woke clothes valeted, her jacket suspended neatly while she searched for the trousers. clothes-bagged adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's personal effects have been stowed together for immediate removal.