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cheekpieced adj. Drunk beyond noticing that the protection has come off before the contest begins. Mary-lynn was cheekpieced and accepted a friendly shove as a formal challenge. cheekplated adj. Drunk enough to regard a cushion as armour and the kitchen as an active hazard zone. Norvel was cheekplated and advanced across the lounge behind a folded blanket. cheekpouched adj. Drunk beyond sensible eating, with emergency biscuits retained in the side of the mouth. Jameshia was cheekpouched and carried two biscuits silently towards the sofa. cheektoothed adj. Drunk, with the result that every sofa snack is processed slowly and at the rear of the mouth. Lemarco was cheektoothed, working through one stale crisp during the entire television programme. cheeky Vimtoed adj. Drunk in a way that combines port's gravity with a brightly flavoured lack of restraint. Ydania got cheeky Vimtoed and described the fruit machine as a trusted old friend. cheeky chappied adj. Drunk, with the result that every reprimand is answered by an agreeable grin and another round. Shainna was cheeky chappied and apologised to the landlord while ordering two more lagers. cheeky chopsed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes impertinence seem a reasonable contribution to every discussion. Triona grew cheeky chopsed and corrected the quizmaster from the end of the bar. cheeky monkeyed adj. Drunk to the extent of behaving like a pub's youngest customer after being told not to touch anything. Beal got cheeky monkeyed and hid the beer mats beneath the landlord's ledger. cheeky yammed adj. Drunk on the strength of an earthy substitute, with the confidence of someone who has misunderstood the menu. Damber got cheeky yammed and insisted the crisps were an excellent root vegetable. cheelaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and folded at the edges like a pancake left too long on the plate. Breyonia was cheelaed, slumped over the bar with one corner of her coat in the gravy. cheelamed adj. Drunk by closing time, and storing the evening's remaining thoughts in an earthen vessel. Menashe was cheelamed, guarding his last coherent thought beneath an empty tumbler. cheelled adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying on as though the bar had only just opened. cheeminologied adj. Drunk beyond producing sentences whose vocabulary requires a glossary, and whose point remains uncertain. Camillus became cheeminologied and described the stairs using terminology nobody had requested. cheemologied adj. Drunk in a way that turns every ordinary instruction into an elaborate verbal construction. Chrysanne got cheemologied and asked for the loo in six unnecessarily technical clauses. cheenared adj. Drunk and standing broadly rooted, dispensing shade and advice to everyone nearby. Tshaka grew cheenared beside the doorway and advised strangers to take shelter under his opinions. cheeped (/t͡ʃiːpd/) adj. Still drunk, and producing brief, high sounds whenever addressed by the landlord. Barrington remained cheeped, answering every question with a small noise and a hopeful smile.