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chessy catted adj. Softened by drink into a smiling, unexplained presence that everyone else must accommodate. Quanzell was chessy catted on the sofa, smiling while Anzel answered for him. chest bagged adj. Emboldened by drink to carry every conversation against the front of the person nearest you. Madelene went chest bagged and fastened herself to Baylyn's account of the journey. chest banded adj. Drunk and binding the room into one unwilling group whenever anyone attempts to leave. Krysha became chest banded and joined every departing pair back together. chest becketed adj. Drunk to the point where every companion becomes a handle by which to be led elsewhere. Milca was chest becketed from the pub by Nykayla, with both hands occupied and neither consenting. chest breathered adj. Of a drinker who has inflated the upper body and made each breath a public announcement. Sumaia was chest breathered, expanding visibly whenever the barmaid approached with another question. chest bumped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing celebration from collision, and expecting others to participate. Orantes got chest bumped and greeted Shykeria with sufficient force to move the table. chest buttonned adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, addressing the nearest shirtfront as though it had offered an opinion. Tautiana became chest buttonned and held a serious discussion with Maricka's shirt. chest candied adj. Drunk in a way that makes every minor social achievement appear medal-worthy to the entire room. Lakeem was chest candied, awarding Kae honours for locating the spare glasses. chest cavitied adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation descends into an echoing space from which replies seldom return. Kerby went chest cavitied while Florence-mae waited through the echo for a usable answer. chest colded adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a short, communal illness in everyone required to listen. Miken was chest colded, coughing explanations over Cendrine's increasingly patient silence. chest dayed adj. The state of being drunk and treating the evening as a programme of upper-body exercises. Shanquil spent the evening chest dayed, lifting each glass with deliberate concentration. chest expandered adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps widening the conversation by means of two handles and considerable spring tension. Jasslynn got chest expandered and drew two unrelated tables into the discussion. chest freezered adj. The drunkenness of one who stores every further decision below the level of easy retrieval. Almeter was chest freezered and placed the bottle opener somewhere beneath the evening. chest haired adj. Reduced by drink to a warm, uncovered confidence of the anterior thorax. Harliee became chest haired after midnight and removed the cardigan without discussion. chest marked adj. Drunk to the point where every remark, however glancing, is received with both arms open and held close as a personal gift. Tiko was chest marked by ten and catching every compliment with audible gratitude. chest melonned adj. Loosened by drink into a large, conspicuous and somewhat conversational upper shape. Yolandita was chest melonned and selected a seat with adequate structural support.