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cattle-caked adj. Still drunk, and compacted into a stubborn mass with little apparent connection between intention and movement. Kyala got cattle-caked on the landing and required a considered rearrangement of limbs. cattle-drived adj. Drunk beyond the point where the journey home can be completed without drovers. Anivea was cattle-drived after last orders, escorted across town by patient companions. cattle-guarded adj. Drunk by closing time, and unable to pass the entrance without careful negotiation. Spencel was cattle-guarded at closing time, halted by the pub's ordinary doorstep. cattle-prodded adj. You have drunk enough to require a sharp prompt before accepting that the evening is over. Frager was cattle-prodded towards the exit when the landlord began stacking glasses. cattlebeasted adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing with the heavy, uncomplicated purpose of a single large animal. Victoriaann was cattlebeasted, advancing towards the stairs with one large uncomplicated purpose. cattleboyed adj. Drunk on the strength of which every unattended glass requires tending, as though it were livestock. Amaiah grew cattleboyed and began herding empty glasses towards the bar. cattlebreedered adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to bring incompatible conversations into productive union. Bunyamin was cattlebreedered and introduced the tax discussion to the karaoke party. cattlebreedinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and encouraging the repeated coupling of people who should remain separate. Dervla became cattlebreedinged and assigned partners for conversations nobody had requested. cattlebuyered adj. Drunk to the extent of travelling from pub to pub, purchasing rounds on behalf of an absent meatpacker. Kimba became cattlebuyered and inspected every table as a possible ranch before ordering. cattledomed adj. Drunk by closing time, and mentally transferred to a broad pastoral jurisdiction from which nobody can recall him. Noha was cattledomed and administered the pub as though it were a ranching province. cattlegirled adj. Still drunk, and tending every unattended person with brisk, juvenile authority. cattleguarded adj. Still drunk, and treating every threshold on the way home as a point of inspection. Jeiza remained cattleguarded through the station, pausing at each change of paving. cattleheaded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a single drinker from an entire herd, particularly in matters of counting. Daleon became cattleheaded and reported each person at the table as separate livestock. cattlehearted adj. Sufficiently drunk to display a delicate, tropical nervousness beneath an otherwise sturdy manner. Daphine grew cattlehearted and fled the karaoke whenever anyone approached with a microphone. cattleloged adj. Having drunk enough to catalogue every ranching anecdote in the room, including several invented on inspection. Armaun became cattleloged and indexed the landlord’s remarks by breed. cattlemanned adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with raising, tending, or reliably locating anything larger than a pint. Rhesa was cattlemanned and attempted to supervise the pub’s entire western boundary.