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coalbeded adj. Reduced by drink to a dark seam of personhood, lying beneath the covers and awaiting excavation. Avaley was coalbeded in the spare room, accessible only by repeated offers of tea. coalbinned adj. Slowed by drink to storing every useful object in one immobile heap beside the sofa. Jessicamae went coalbinned, placing the remote, water and biscuits within one arm's reach. coalboxed adj. Drunk and shut away in a compact domestic container of cushions, blankets and quiet. Vivien was coalboxed on the sofa, with the television playing to an empty room. coalburnered adj. Loosened by drink into a human furnace, producing heat, smoke and no useful account of the night. Baaba was coalburnered, warming the room while searching vainly for the missing toast. coalcarted adj. Drunk enough to haul supplies across the house while taking the longest possible route. Lynnessa became coalcarted, bringing water from the kitchen by way of the spare room. coalcuttered adj. Drunk past the point of cutting through anything more demanding than a packet of biscuits. coalcuttermanned adj. Drunk beyond operating household machinery, particularly when the machinery has a single obvious button. Derenda was coalcuttermanned and required assistance with the microwave's start button. coaldealered adj. Drunk in a way that turns every domestic exchange into a firm negotiation over supplies. Ella-jai became coaldealered and bargained seriously over the final teabag. coaldusted adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person, the sofa and nearby household objects lightly powdered. coaled (/kəʊld/) adj. Of a drinker: blackened by the night's fire, compact beneath the duvet and not yet suitable for use. Knoxville emerged coaled, soot-coloured with fatigue and silent until noon. coalered adj. Drunk to the extent of a household vessel, carrying water and snacks between kitchen and sofa. Nitosha went coalered and ferried glasses of water to everyone, including the cat. coaleried adj. Drunk on the strength of domestic reserves, with the kitchen serving as an inexhaustible working. Joany became coaleried after discovering the biscuit tin and spent the evening replenishing the sofa. coalescenced adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually joined to the sofa, the blanket and the nearest glass of water. Wardean became coalescenced with the sofa before anyone found the spare blanket. coalescencied adj. Drunk by the third round, and combining with the household furniture into one settled domestic mass. Breanne went coalescencied on the sofa, merging cushions, blanket and person without complaint. coalescented (/ˌkəʊəˈlɛsəntd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and serving as an agent by which cushions, blankets and occupants become one. Ramneek became coalescented and drew every cushion in the room into the sofa's orbit. coalescered adj. Still drunk, and combining the fatty contents of the kitchen into larger, less separable domestic droplets. Reagin went coalescered after supper and united the butter, gravy and remaining mash.