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common pursed adj. Of a drinker: unable, after the evening, to distinguish personal money from the household’s remaining change. Amarrie woke common pursed and distributed the last coins between herself and the biscuit tin. common purslaned adj. Of a drinker who has spent the night close to the ground and risen succulent, green, and difficult to remove. Janak woke common purslaned, spread across the lawn and resistant to all encouragement indoors. common quailed adj. Describing a drinker who retreats at the sight of coffee, daylight, or any question about last night. Lacarlos woke common quailed and retreated beneath the blanket when offered coffee. common rabbited adj. A drinker who has multiplied overnight, leaving cups, receipts, and explanations in every corner. Lachisha woke common rabbited, finding evidence of herself throughout the house. common radished adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast emerges in layers, chiefly red, crisp, and regrettable. Carmetta woke common radished, pale above the collar and alarming below it. common ragweeded adj. The state of being drunk and spreading irritation wherever the morning breeze carries you. Damita woke common ragweeded and made the whole kitchen sneeze with her conversation. common ragworted adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a noxious presence among otherwise harmless breakfast arrangements. Sharieff woke common ragworted, regarded by the household as an avoidable hazard. common ratioed adj. Reduced by drink to a fixed proportion of yourself, repeated with diminishing clarity from one hour to the next. Fayez woke common ratioed, each explanation shorter and less convincing than the last. common ratted adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning in corners, scavenging quietly for yesterday’s food. Shamiracle woke common ratted and searched behind the sofa for crisps. common ravened adj. Softened by drink into a large black presence, hoarse by morning and attracted to anything edible. common recoveried adj. Drunk by closing time, and confident that a legal fiction has made the entire estate yours. Tyshayla got common recoveried and offered to settle the family property by announcing ownership. common redpolled adj. Still drunk, and certain the smallest bird in the room has entrusted you with its migration plans. Markie got common redpolled and gave the sparrow detailed advice about returning south. common redshanked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a wader from a customer in need of the toilet. Lerena got common redshanked and directed a pub patron towards the nearest mudflat. common redstarted adj. Sufficiently drunk to restart the same conversation whenever it reaches an interesting conclusion. Dachelle got common redstarted and reopened the discussion of parking every ten minutes. common reed buntinged adj. Having drunk more than your confidence can support, and conducting the room like a boundary dispute. Tzuriel got common reed buntinged and appointed himself marshal of the kitchen perimeter. common reeded adj. Having drunk enough to stand upright, sway collectively, and insist that the wind is taking instructions. Sahasra got common reeded and arranged the party to lean in one direction.