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Chinese postman problemed adj. Of a drinker: every route through the room is attempted, and none avoids repetition. Nickolus was Chinese postman problemed, visiting each doorway before returning to the bar. Chinese preserving melonned adj. Of a drinker who has become large, pale, and determined to remain available indefinitely. Kuan was Chinese preserving melonned, immovable beneath the winter coats. Chinese pugged adj. Describing a drinker who breathes heavily, advances cheerfully, and has misplaced the remainder of the face. Seniah was Chinese pugged, snuffling amiably at the unattended bowl of crisps. Chinese purpled adj. A drinker who has turned the evening an improbable imperial violet, chiefly in the face. Garcelle was Chinese purpled beneath the pub's blue light, visually more archaeological than social. Chinese puzzled adj. A drinker so far gone that every straightforward object requires dismantling before use. Koleman was Chinese puzzled, disassembling the umbrella before discovering it was already open. Chinese quinced adj. The state of being drunk and markedly astringent, with the air of an unripe fruit. Thada was Chinese quinced, puckering at compliments and distrusting the pudding. Chinese radished adj. The condition of a drinker who has become long, white, and unexpectedly rooted to the spot. Elisabel was Chinese radished beside the lavatory, upright but agriculturally unresponsive. Chinese ragworted adj. Drunk on the strength of a rare mountain plant, and still looking for its particular yellow among the morning-after light. Charles-emile woke Chinese ragworted, quietly inspecting the windowsill as though something alpine might be flowering there. Chinese redded adj. Drunk since last orders, and still displaying a vivid orange-red account of the evening across the face. Caresa arrived Chinese redded, with the unmistakable colour of a sunset that had lasted too long. Chinese restaurant processed adj. Drunk by the third round, and partitioning every conversation into separate tables by morning. Synclaire woke Chinese restaurant processed, assigning each breakfast companion a separate conversational table. Chinese restaurant syndromed adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with tingling fingers, a racing heart, and considerable doubt about supper. Fed came downstairs Chinese restaurant syndromed, reporting tingling hands and questioning the wisdom of the takeaway. Chinese river dolphinned adj. Still drunk, and moving through the morning by sonar, with breakfast detected only after several cautious passes. Emahni went Chinese river dolphinned through the kitchen, locating the coffee by sound rather than sight. Chinese roomed adj. Too drunk to understand anything, yet producing plausible replies by following rules no one can explain. Yaslen woke Chinese roomed and answered every breakfast question correctly without appearing to understand any of them. Chinese ropesed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the morning's furniture for a skipping game and negotiate it one limb at a time. Pason came downstairs Chinese ropesed, stepping over the rug as though it formed part of a game. Chinese rosewooded adj. Having drunk enough to acquire a fragrant, hard-to-shift presence beside the bed until the afternoon. Koriann woke Chinese rosewooded, immovable beneath the duvet and faintly fragrant with last night's cologne. Chinese rowed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably seal, and making every attempt to proceed in a straight line. Emmelyne was Chinese rowed across the hallway, advancing in short, determined strokes towards the bathroom.