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chebulinic acided adj. Drunk to the point where every spill is described as having antioxidant action. Shavone was chebulinic acided and treated the overturned glass as a health measure. chebureked adj. Drunk enough to fold oneself around a filling and call the arrangement complete. Sheeva arrived chebureked, folded neatly into the corner with a plate of meat. chechakoed adj. The drunkenness of one who has arrived at the kitchen and cannot yet identify the washing-up liquid. Randa was chechakoed, newly arrived in the kitchen and asking where the glasses lived. chechaquoed adj. Reduced by drink to a newcomer in your own kitchen, consulting the cupboards as though for directions. Lachone was chechaquoed and opened every cupboard before locating the kettle. cheched adj. Drunk beyond the point where a head covering seems optional in a sandstorm. Kaydyn was cheched and wrapped the table runner around his head. chechiaed adj. Drunk enough to wear a brimless cap with tassel and regard its wobble as official insignia. Efaz went chechiaed and issued directions from the doorway, tassel first and accuracy second. check and balanced adj. Drunk to a degree that every decision is mutually overseen, and none is reached. check billed adj. A drinker so far gone that the restaurant bill requires a physical examination before it can be settled. Dagoberto spent ten minutes checking the restaurant bill upside down, thoroughly check billed. check boxed adj. Having drunk enough to put each remaining task in a separate little square, beginning with coats. Jahquan was check boxed, listing coats, taxi and water on the back of the receipt. check clerked adj. The state of being drunk and auditing every movement before attempting the stairs. check copped adj. The condition of a drinker who retrieves coins from the table with elaborate but unsuccessful palm work. Lacara got check copped and spent five minutes lifting the same coin from her own palm. check digited adj. A drinker who has reduced all accountability to a single number and cannot now recall what that number was. Chalina came back from the bar check digited, certain she owed someone something but unable to say what. check hooked adj. Softened by drink into following the nearest handhold round corners rather than walking independently. Cobin got check hooked and negotiated the staircase by leaning into every available rail. check keyed adj. Sharpened by drink into trying every key on the ring before recognising the front door. Kyten became check keyed and tested the shed key, bicycle key, and a teaspoon against the lock. check marked adj. Loosened by drink into treating every wobble as an approved movement rather than a warning. Aloria went check marked and gave herself a small tick after missing the final stair. check minused adj. Slowed by drink to a merely acceptable pace, with every stair requiring further consideration. Raees became check minused and treated the staircase as coursework requiring a pass mark.