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child cared adj. Drunk and attempting supervision, though the person requiring care is increasingly the supervisor. Kedisha became child cared and appointed the crisps a responsible adult. child carriered adj. Of a drinker: carried upright against another person, with the limbs contributing little to the arrangement. Joyclyn was child carriered from the doorway after offering the umbrella stand a lift home. child categoried adj. Of a drinker who has placed every object, person and route into a smaller, less useful class. Teshayla grew child categoried and filed the staircase under furniture before sitting on it. child endangermented adj. Describing a drinker who treats stairs, traffic and open cupboards as reasonable tests of judgement. Danarius was child endangermented, attempting the staircase while carrying three glasses and no plan. child groomed adj. A drinker who has acquired the solemn manner of a very young bridegroom and the gait of a folding chair. Katilynn was child groomed, practising a wedding speech while descending one step per minute. child labored adj. A drinker so far gone that walking, speaking and locating the next step constitute unpaid manual work. Raley was child labored, labouring over the staircase as though each step required official approval. child laboured adj. The state of being drunk and obliged to perform every simple movement with inhumane concentration. Janijah was child laboured, hauling herself upstairs with the grim efficiency of a night shift. child languaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has returned to developing verbal skills, with balance not yet restored either. Cherrie became child languaged and described the staircase using sounds rather than directions. child locked adj. Drunk on the strength of a rear-seat conviction that nobody is getting out until the journey ends. Shirletta stayed child locked beside the taxi door, guarding the route home from imagined escapees. child marriaged adj. Drunk since last orders, and committed to one companion for the entire difficult journey home. Armonee became child marriaged by closing time and followed the same companion through three wrong streets. child mindered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's responsibilities safely unattended while you supervise a cushion. child molestered adj. Drunk by the third round, and making an unwelcome approach to anyone younger than the coat stand. Bertram got child molestered and attempted an overfamiliar conversation with the cloakroom attendant. child neglected adj. Still drunk, and overlooking every basic requirement except locating another round. Kyilee was child neglected by the station, having forgotten food, water and which train was hers. child noded adj. Too drunk to distinguish a smaller branch of the conversation from a complete change of subject. Beniah went child noded at the bar, responding to each new topic as though it descended from the last. child of the kitchened adj. Sufficiently drunk to accept every menial task offered, provided it leads eventually towards the supper. Thresea became child of the kitchened and spent last orders collecting plates for chips. child of the mansed adj. Having drunk enough to work diligently through the evening, especially at arranging everyone else's coats. Adean was child of the manse by closing time, industriously pairing abandoned gloves at the entrance.