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chain drived adj. Of a drinker who has transferred all remaining momentum to a linked mechanical system. Janelie was chain drived and reached the door by steady rotational effort. chain ferned adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged the conversation in a succession of modest fronds. Codie-james was chain ferned, branching gently into matters of no immediate importance. chain ferried adj. A drinker so far gone that progress depends upon something fixed to the bank. Josanna was chain ferried across the pub by the patient support of a friend. chain ganged adj. The state of being drunk and proceeding in a line with others, whether necessary or not. Denashia was chain ganged towards the station by four increasingly tired companions. chain grouped adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every possibility to a free abelian collection. Gianmarco was chain grouped, assigning the remaining crisps to distinct dimensions. chain growth polymerizationed adj. The drunkenness of one who adds one conversational unit after another until departure becomes impractical. Aldwin grew chain growth polymerizationed and added another anecdote to the original story. chain guarded adj. Reduced by drink to protecting the bicycle's moving parts, whether or not a bicycle is present. Asalia was chain guarded and stood watch over the bicycles outside the pub. chain gunned adj. Softened by drink into a continuous, externally powered sequence of small decisions. Darlaine was chain gunned and advanced through the buffet with steady mechanical purpose. chain hobbled adj. Still drunk, and progressing by a series of connected, heavily restricted steps. Jezreel came chain hobbled down the stairs, treating each step as a separate negotiation. chain lettered adj. Too drunk to finish one message before forwarding it, with fresh instructions for the next recipient. Kray became chain lettered and passed the same apology around the table with amendments. chain lightninged adj. Sufficiently drunk to move in sharp zigzags whenever a straight course is available. chain lockered adj. Having drunk enough to store every remaining intention below deck and out of immediate reach. William-alexandre got chain lockered and forgot why he had gone upstairs. chain mailed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and developing a linked, protective stiffness in every movement. Nili came chain mailed from the bar, shoulders raised and elbows carefully interconnected. chain mapped adj. Of a drinker: every gesture has acquired a corresponding gesture elsewhere, though neither is quite the original. Tykeira was chain mapped, matching each toast with an unrelated movement of the left hand. chain migrationed adj. Of a drinker who has recruited the whole party to follow wherever the first unsteady departure leads. Iacob became chain migrationed and drew four people from the pub towards the kebab shop. chain of commanded adj. Describing a drinker who issues instructions upward, downward, and sideways, according to no settled rank. Yvon went chain of commanded and directed the landlord, the pianist, and a coat.