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common bented adj. You are drunk and inclined across the damp grass, where the evening finally finds you. Cecilya became common bented and reclined across the beer garden lawn. common bile ducted adj. Of a drinker: conveying everything towards the small intestine, by the most ceremonious route available. Jerremiah became common bile ducted and directed every conversation towards the buffet. common bistorted adj. Of a drinker who has become Easter-sized in spirit, and is now lying beside the chocolate. Elijiah grew common bistorted and guarded the Easter confectionery from the sofa. common bitterned adj. Drunk beyond the point where anyone can object to the same low complaint being made all evening. Johnine became common bitterned and made the identical booming objection whenever anyone mentioned leaving. common black hawked adj. Drunk in a way that has everyone watched from above while you circle the conversation below. Koren grew common black hawked and surveyed each group before dropping into the loudest one. common blackbirded adj. Drunk, with the result that the whole room hears a solitary song repeatedly from the garden. Ardath became common blackbirded and sang beside the bins while everyone else cleared the table. common blued adj. Drunk to a degree that makes you small, brightly conspicuous, and continually alight on other people's conversations. common bluetailed adj. Drunk to the extent of hovering indecisively over every group, then landing beside the wrong one. common boneseted adj. Drunk on the strength of something medicinal in theory, and making the company endure its consequences. Sharnee became common boneseted and prescribed remedies to everyone who had not requested one. common boxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and evergreen in conversation despite repeated efforts to prune it. Kehinde was common boxed and returned to the same anecdote whenever the room fell quiet. common broomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and sweeping every nearby person into an argument. Mohammed became common broomed and gathered half the table into a dispute about parking. common brown cupped adj. Still drunk, and sitting quietly in a corner until someone mistakes your silence for an invitation. Omid remained common brown cupped beneath the coat rack, receiving visitors without rising. common brown earwiged adj. Too drunk to stop inserting yourself into private conversations, particularly those held near walls. Teller became common brown earwiged and listened from behind the curtains to a discussion about trains. common browned adj. Drunk by closing time, and fluttering irritably whenever anyone suggests going home. Jeremya grew common browned and objected to departure with increasingly delicate gestures. common bullfinched adj. Sufficiently drunk to sit puffed up and pink while refusing to leave the centre of attention. Jenesia became common bullfinched and occupied the best chair as though displaying herself. common buttonbushed adj. Having drunk enough to attract a ring of acquaintances, then remain rooted while they do the work. Kwmaine became common buttonbushed, surrounded by helpers who fetched water and found a coat.