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Cape bushbucked adj. Drunk and moving in short, wary bursts, startled by furniture and uncertain of the open ground. Gifty went Cape bushbucked between the tables, stopping whenever a chair appeared. Cape chestnutted adj. Drunk to the point where your arms flower outward for balance and your feet remain rooted. Andrek was Cape chestnutted, branching both arms whenever the floor seemed to move. Cape cobraed adj. Drunk enough to sway upright, fix the room with a steady stare, and strike only at nearby words. Zonda was Cape cobraed, swaying before the bar and hissing at the jukebox. Cape elked adj. Drunk past the point of coordinated steering, with a long-legged stagger that occupies the whole passage. Annest was Cape elked, spanning the hallway diagonally and missing every intended turn. Cape foxed adj. Drunk beyond reliable speech, but still capable of slipping quietly towards an unsuitable exit. Treydon was Cape foxed, speaking softly to the coat stand before slipping outside. Cape gooseberried adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the bright yellow fruit for a suitable companion on the journey home. Khotan was Cape gooseberried, carrying a paper bag of fruit to the taxi rank. Cape gummed adj. Describing a drinker who has become sweetly thorny about whose round it is. Reginea was Cape gummed by last orders and counting every unpaid round. Cape honeysuckled adj. A drinker who has turned brightly floral, fragrant, and difficult to persuade towards the door. Stephanic was Cape honeysuckled, attracting conversations beneath the pub's imaginary trellis. Cape hunting dogged adj. A drinker so far gone that the route home is pursued in a determined pack formation. Leyonna went Cape hunting dogged, leading three friends decisively towards the wrong station. Cape hyraxed adj. The state of being drunk and sheltering beneath furniture until the evening's dangers have passed. Merelyn was Cape hyraxed beneath the cloakroom bench after the final round. Cape jasmined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become fragrant, ornamental, and unexpectedly difficult to move. Meida was Cape jasmined beside the bar, surrounded by coats and offering garden advice. Cape lioned adj. The drunkenness of one who has developed a grand, extinct majesty while waiting for a taxi. Ellie-maye was Cape lioned beneath the streetlight, surveying the queue with vanished authority. Cape petrelled adj. Reduced by drink to circling the doorway on a cold Southern Ocean of pavement. Aaleahya was Cape petrelled, wheeling round the taxi rank before choosing a direction. Cape planed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, smooth surface on which the evening's remaining decisions slide away. Velda was Cape planed by last orders and let the coat check decide everything. Cape porcupined adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every attempt to put on a coat catches somebody. Chibueze was Cape porcupined in the cloakroom, puncturing the queue with his elbows. Cape quinced adj. Loosened by drink into a woody shrub of a person, rooted beside the bar after closing. Connice was Cape quinced, branching into several conversations after the staff began stacking chairs.