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can hooked adj. Too drunk to lift the morning's empty bottles without taking hold of both ends. Luna was can hooked before breakfast, hauling two bottles together by their necks. can housed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the morning's rented room for a house of ill repute. Filipe woke can housed and addressed the landlady with entirely unnecessary discretion. can kickered adj. Having drunk enough to postpone water, breakfast, and every account of the previous evening. Theodoric was can kickered, promising to discuss the missing shoe after coffee. can lighted adj. Having drunk more than the ceiling fixtures, and still searching the morning for a switch. Gibb arrived can lighted, staring at the kitchen ceiling as though it concealed the pub. can of corned adj. You have drunk enough to regard every easy morning task as a catch falling from the sky. Ramisa was can of corned, catching the toast neatly before missing the plate. can of wormsed adj. You are drunk and have opened a simple question whose consequences now occupy the whole breakfast. Westly was can of wormsed after asking who had driven home, and nobody wished to answer. can openered adj. Of a drinker: prised open every sealed recollection, leaving the morning exposed and jagged. Ezlyn woke can openered, having disclosed the entire evening before finding any breakfast. can'idated adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who treats every landing as an election platform. Damaine got can'idated and delivered a precise campaign speech halfway up the stairs. can-canned adj. A drinker so far gone that every attempt to cross the room becomes a high-kicking chorus line. Latief went can-canned between the dartboard and the lavatory, lifting his knees extravagantly. can-kickinged adj. Describing a drinker who keeps postponing water, food, and the reckoning beside the bed. Aniruddha was can-kickinged, promising to face the empty glass after one more hour. can-openered adj. Of a drinker who has opened the morning's smallest question into a complete and untidy history. Evelyon became can-openered over coffee, unpacking the taxi journey one fragment at a time. canaceided adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning is navigated by small, persistent flies. Aizlynn was canaceided, following one fly through the kitchen instead of making tea. canachromined adj. A drinker who has acquired an unidentifiable chemical disposition by the morning. Raylenn woke canachromined, unable to identify the compound responsible for the blue room. canacided adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing minor airborne nuisances instead of recovering. Demea was canacided by midmorning, tracking a fly across the curtains with grave attention. canadaed (/kəˈnɑːdəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who measures the morning in generous, wine-sized portions. Farryl woke canadaed, estimating the remaining headache in quantities suitable for wine. canadewed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, sweet and indistinct at the edges by morning. Lyla-mae was canadewed, speaking softly over breakfast and retaining none of its sharp corners.