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cowboyed (/ˈkaʊˌbɔɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of tending anything except the sofa, the kettle, and a slowly cooling glass of water. Sherreka was cowboyed and attempted to round up the cushions before making tea. cowboyismed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary restraint and now operating by a private code of broad gestures. Eadon became cowboyismed and settled every minor dispute with a solemn nod. cowboyitised adj. Drunk beyond wanting a new life, a large hat, and somewhere inconveniently far to stand in it. Ahsan got cowboyitised and searched the pub noticeboard for ranch work. cowboys and Indiansed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the pub into a childish chase, without assigning anyone a historic role. Quadarrius went cowboys and Indiansed, chasing a rolling coaster beneath the tables. cowcatchered adj. Drunk to a degree that sends the front of the person onwards before the rest has agreed. Mounir got cowcatchered and displaced a chair merely by entering the snug. cowched adj. Drunk since last orders, and settled into the obsolete sofa with the firm conviction that standing is no longer current practice. Cindi was cowched by breakfast, occupying the old sofa as though it belonged to another century. cowchilded adj. Drunk to the extent of a small ranch hand, muddy in judgement and keen to be given a job. Lolla went cowchilded and asked who was minding the horses behind the pub. cowchipped adj. Drunk to the extent of drying into a compact, fuel-like remnant of the evening. cowcoded adj. Drunk on the strength of a fishy conviction that the quieter depths of the pub contain the answer. Revaan got cowcoded and stared beneath the bar as though expecting a catch. cowcumbered adj. Too drunk to recognise a familiar vegetable without its older name. Darline was cowcumbered and asked whether the salad contained any actual cows. cowdied adj. Drunk since last orders, and standing like a great tree that has outlived the weather and the landlord's hints. Fiadh remained cowdied beside the fireplace after the shutters had gone up. cowdomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has attained the essence of a cow, and now requires a field. Aranveer became cowdomed and contemplated the landlord with bovine profundity. cowdriosised adj. Reduced by drink to mistaking a routine illness for an agricultural crisis. Amarrion grew cowdriosised and sought veterinary advice for his own coat. cowdunged adj. Loosened by drink into a warm, shapeless presence beside the nearest hedge. Aimo became cowdunged and was discovered reclining beneath the parish noticeboard. cowed (/kaʊd/) adj. Drunk enough to regard an adult female bovine as a complete conversational position. Davin got cowed and argued for twenty minutes with the mural behind the bar. cowednessed adj. Emboldened by drink to face the room, though not yet the drinks bill.