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clothes-brushed adj. Drunk to the point where formal dust receives careful attention and everything else does not. Darra became clothes-brushed and spent half an hour grooming a perfectly clean dinner jacket. clothes-horsed adj. Having drunk enough to hang your decisions out to dry and expect them to improve overnight. Azi got clothes-horsed and left three major decisions draped over the garden rail. clothes-pegged adj. Having drunk enough to find the morning's wet laundry requires fastening to something before it can recover. Shaelan stood clothes-pegged in the garden, securing a shirt that was already dry. clothes-pressed adj. The drunkenness of one who has folded the morning into a receptacle, and is now looking for the lid. Ciprianna remained clothes-pressed beside the wardrobe, treating the laundry basket as a practical refuge. clothes-propped adj. Sharpened by drink into a forked opinion, capable of lifting a conversation but not carrying it. Neena became clothes-propped and raised two opposing recommendations with equal certainty. clothesbaged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one regard the morning's clothing as cargo requiring a proper container. Anaily sat clothesbaged beside the suitcase, unable to distinguish packed garments from yesterday's clothes. clothesbasketed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sorting the washing according to principles known only to you. clothesbrushed adj. Still drunk, and certain that a quick brushing will improve every person in the room. Daisy-marie was clothesbrushed and offered to remove lint from a bald head. clothescared adj. Too drunk to maintain clothing, but confident that neglect is a coherent system. Giselle grew clothescared and explained that wearing yesterday's shirt was an efficiency measure. clotheshorsed adj. Having drunk more than your judgement can support, and distributing your confidence across every available frame. Debbora was clotheshorsed, hanging firm opinions from each arm of the drying rack. clotheslessnessed adj. You have drunk enough to regard being inadequately dressed as a minor administrative detail. Deagon was clotheslessnessed, treating the matter as an administrative note beside the laundry. clotheslined (/ˈkləʊðzlaɪnd/) adj. Of a drinker: confidently stretched between two incompatible plans, with no intention of choosing. Haileen was clotheslined, balancing a taxi booking against an invitation to stay for breakfast. clothesmakered adj. Of a drinker who has tailored a new outfit from misplaced confidence and intends to wear it publicly. Jhue became clothesmakered and designed a ceremonial waistcoat on the back of a receipt. clothesmakinged adj. Describing a drinker who turns every decision into a fitting, alteration, and eventual public appearance. Pakou was clothesmakinged, revising the evening's plan as though each failure needed a better cut. clothesmanned adj. A drinker who sells confidence in several sizes, none of them suitable for the occasion. Mylon was clothesmanned, offering everyone a larger opinion than they had requested. clothespeged adj. Having drunk more than the morning can absorb, and fastening loose garments wherever they happen to fall. Shanille was clothespeged, attaching a sleeve to the washing basket before making tea.