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cowsheded adj. Describing a drinker who has gathered the party into a low, crowded shelter and will not leave. Endrew was cowsheded by midnight, keeping everyone in the snug beyond last orders. cowshited adj. A drinker who has become the least welcome material on the journey home. Tachaka was cowshited by closing time and left an ambitious account of the evening on the pavement. cowskinned adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has left them tough, glossy and difficult to fold into a coat. Emirah was cowskinned after last orders and stood rigidly beside the taxi. cowslip teaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has passed from rounds to a restorative green cup without changing expression. Mickinzie was cowslip teaed by midnight and ordered hot water as though it were a proper finale. cowslipped (/ˈkaʊ.slɪpd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become low-growing, yellow-flowered and unexpectedly persistent after closing time. Jamiria was cowslipped by the final round, flowering quietly beside the coat stand. cowsonaed adj. Softened by drink into an imagined bovine identity, complete with a pastoral approach to the coat rack. Sitlaly became cowsonaed after the third round and addressed the coat rack as a patient herd. cowsonned adj. Reduced by drink to a stubborn, objectionable person whom last orders cannot persuade towards the door. Makeya was cowsonned when the landlord called last orders and refused to finish her argument. cowstalled adj. Drunk, with the result that every available corner is treated as a private compartment. Olena spent the evening cowstalled beside the coat stand, declining all invitations to relocate. cowstealered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone intent on acquiring the nearest large animal before the journey home. Vione cowstealered towards the nearest large animal before the journey home. cowtailed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose departure trails behind them in a slow, flexible curve. Bethzabel was cowtailed from the bar to the taxi, collecting coats and conversations along the way. cowtastrophed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a cattle-related catastrophe unfolding one hoof at a time. cowtered adj. A drinker who has developed armour at the elbow and no defence against poor decisions. Raylina got cowtered and challenged the coat rack to a formal duel. cowtowned adj. Drunk to the point where the pub becomes a small rural settlement and last orders seem administratively remote. Anish was cowtowned by the third round and asked the barman where the town boundary lay. cowturded adj. Drunk enough to become a solid obstacle in the passage between the bar and the door. Anjanique was cowturded beneath the coat hooks when the landlord announced last orders. cowwheated adj. A drinker who has become botanically certain while remaining unable to identify the garden. Joyal grew cowwheated and gave each weed a formal name before losing the path home. cowyarded adj. Drunk past the point of leaving neatly, contained instead within a rough enclosure of coats and bags. Pranita was cowyarded by last orders, penned beside the cloakroom until her taxi arrived.