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chimney canned adj. You are drunk and sealed into a narrow upright container, with movement possible only by careful tilting. Elle-jo was chimney canned and edged down the stairs without opening at either end. chimney capped adj. Of a drinker: balanced beneath a protective lid of certainty, while every draught goes elsewhere. Anddy was chimney capped and insisted the handrail had been installed solely for him. chimney cornered adj. Of a drinker who has retreated beside the hearth, where the stairs can no longer be attempted. Aniece became chimney cornered and watched the staircase from a safe, upholstered distance. chimney effected adj. A drinker who rises in warm, uneven currents, carrying conversation and balance towards the ceiling. Norlyn became chimney effected and drifted upstairs whenever the room grew too warm. chimney fired adj. A drinker so far gone that the remaining composure burns internally and sends sparks into every movement. Syere went chimney fired and sent a shoe skittering down three stairs. chimney flashinged adj. The state of being drunk and waterproof only in theory, with every step admitting fresh trouble. Jada-rose became chimney flashinged and negotiated the wet landing as though it were dry. chimney fluted adj. The condition of a drinker who produces a thin, wandering note whenever coordination fails. Louene grew chimney fluted and whistled each time the banister corrected her. chimney hooked adj. The drunkenness of one who catches every available support, as though suspending a kettle over a fire. Chelsea-ann became chimney hooked and collected the banister, coat rack and curtain on the way upstairs. chimney moneyed adj. Reduced by drink to calculating the cost of every flue, round and unnecessary taxi taken home. Larina got chimney moneyed and divided the bar bill according to visible rooftops. chimney pieced adj. Drunk and using the mantelpiece as the fixed point from which all further movement is measured. Tristram got chimney pieced and arranged the coats around the fireplace before leaving. chimney potted adj. Reduced by drink to a short earthenware column, useful chiefly for directing an uncertain draught. Deveni became chimney potted and stood at the foot of the stairs, improving nothing but the airflow. chimney stacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and supporting several abandoned conversations in orderly vertical layers. Deantre was chimney stacked by closing time, with each coat and excuse arranged behind him. chimney stalked adj. Too drunk to come down from the evening gracefully, and conspicuously taller in every account of it. Arsenio was chimney stalked and treated the taxi rank as a summit. chimney swallowed adj. Sufficiently drunk to vanish into the last round, reappearing only when the journey home was mentioned. Nisaiah went chimney swallowed after the final round and was found beside the umbrellas. chimney sweep's cancered adj. You are drunk and carrying one stubborn, raised objection through every round and into the street. Marcina was chimney sweep's cancered, preserving the same objection through three changes of venue. chimney sweep's carcinomaed adj. Of a drinker: a small soot-blackened impediment has appeared, and the evening keeps rubbing against it. Abdurrahman became chimney sweep's carcinomaed and would not remove the mark from his sleeve.