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cabin hooked adj. Drunk beyond fastening anything properly, yet still attempting to secure every door against the morning. Mikyra was cabin hooked, latching cupboards while leaving the front door open. cabin-boyed adj. Still drunk, and performing shipboard errands for passengers who have not boarded anything. Daivian remained cabin-boyed, distributing napkins to guests waiting beside the exit. cabin-cruisered adj. Drunk enough to mistake the sofa for a pleasure craft with enclosed accommodation. Aydee got cabin-cruisered and asked whether the television was part of the boat's fittings. cabinboyed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a public house from a vessel, or hospitality from maritime duty. Dena was cabinboyed and directed everyone towards the upper deck, meaning the stairs. cabinet agencied adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary household errands acquire departmental authority. cabinet carded adj. Drunk to a degree that fixes the face in a formal portrait, with the evening mounted behind it. Tonga looked cabinet carded, posed rigidly beside the kettle and unable to date the photograph. cabinet departmented adj. Drunk to the extent of dividing the morning into ministries, committees and one urgent tea portfolio. Tajaun was cabinet departmented, assigning the headache to health and the missing shoe to transport. cabinet editioned adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, elegant volume, and still attempting to read it at breakfast. Joriann was cabinet editioned, holding a handsome little book upside down beside the coffee. cabinet filed adj. Drunk since last orders, and compressed into a neat archive of unfinished messages. Syrah was cabinet filed, with the night's texts packed into one inexplicable attachment. cabinet makered adj. Drunk beyond mistaking every cupboard for a commission and every conversation for a piece of furniture requiring finishing. Treneka got cabinet makered and offered to refit the landlord's hallway during dinner. cabinet makinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose object acquires a proposed drawer and a premium finish. Lily went cabinet makinged and assigned the cutlery its own graduated compartments. cabinet ministered adj. Drunk by the third round, and governing the household from a chair until the morning reshuffle. Jamaurie was cabinet ministered, appointing himself responsible for toast and national morale. cabinet noired adj. Drunk by closing time, and secretly opening every message before deciding where it belongs. Kouhei was cabinet noired, reading the morning's post with the gravity of a minor official. cabinet of curiositiesed adj. Still drunk, and displaying the morning's inexplicable objects as though each were a scientific discovery. Serita was cabinet of curiositiesed, arranging a cork, a teaspoon and one damp sock on the table. cabinet particuliered adj. Too drunk to leave the private booth, and still expecting the restaurant to bring breakfast. Abey was cabinet particuliered, sitting alone in a corner and requesting the bill from a coat. cabinet pianoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat an upright instrument as a trustworthy support through the morning. Ceron was cabinet pianoed, leaning against the piano while explaining yesterday's arrangement.