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cotton fleahoppered adj. Drunk by the third round, and making small, repeated departures from one conversation to another. Shigeki became cotton fleahoppered by the third round, appearing briefly beside every table. cotton ginned adj. Drunk by closing time, and separating every useful thought from its remains with mechanical efficiency. Amdrea was cotton ginned by closing time, stripping each explanation down to its least useful fibre. cotton grassed adj. A drinker who has become conspicuously soft and tufted, particularly about the edges. Mariagrazia was cotton grassed, rising from the sofa in several pale clumps. cotton lavendered adj. Still drunk, and resembling a small grey-green shrub left to endure the evening beside the taxi rank. Kivin stood cotton lavendered outside the pub, aromatic only in theory and waiting for a car. cotton milled adj. Too drunk to leave the building, circulating among the machinery of coats, glasses, and last orders. cotton moused adj. Sufficiently drunk to construct a nest from borrowed clothing and small items acquired during the evening. Syion became cotton moused beneath three coats, having built a nest beside the cloakroom. cotton pygmy goosed adj. Having drunk enough to perch wherever possible and depart in a surprisingly small, determined formation. Dejesus was cotton pygmy goosed on the windowsill, waiting for the last bus with quiet resolve. cotton ratted adj. Having drunk more than the premises can reasonably contain, and building a nest from whatever is nearby. Franceen was cotton ratted beneath the cloakroom bench, surrounded by scarves and discarded receipts. cotton reelled adj. You have drunk enough to keep the evening wound up, though none of its thread remains tidy. Lilbern was cotton reelled by last orders, unwinding the same farewell beside every coat. cotton root rotted adj. You are drunk and gradually losing structural support beneath an otherwise ordinary plan to get home. Riahna was cotton root rotted by closing time, her route home collapsing beneath the first roundabout. cotton scaled adj. Of a drinker: covered in small, persistent requests for another round, each doing quiet damage to the evening. cotton seedling thripsed adj. Of a drinker who has nibbled steadily at the evening until the last useful part is gone. Tianie was cotton seedling thripsed, taking tiny sips from every glass left unattended. cotton stainered adj. Describing a drinker who leaves an indelible brownish-yellow impression wherever the evening has placed them. Merry was cotton stainered and left a brownish-yellow mark on the coat-check counter. cotton swabbed adj. A drinker who cleans up one small detail after another, while missing the larger question of going home. Jeremmy was cotton swabbed, polishing each spilled drop while the last taxi departed. cotton thistled adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to pass becomes a prickly obstruction to the journey home. Nathalee was cotton thistled in the doorway, broad with excuses and difficult to get around. cotton velveted adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a soft surface and an entirely unsuitable confidence about the last round. Annese was cotton velveted, sinking into the pub sofa and declaring the final round affordable.