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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. chimney sweeped adj. Having drunk enough to clear every conversational flue, leaving soot on the people nearest the bar. Trestyn got chimney sweeped and cleaned out the quiet parts of the pub. chimney sweepered adj. Of a drinker who has cleared the night’s residue and is now looking for more to remove. chimney swifted adj. A drinker so far gone that every route home is taken at speed, overhead and without landing. chimney-breasted adj. Having drunk enough to stand out from the wall, with the same confidence as a permanent projection. chimney-cornered adj. Describing a drinker who has become a fixture by the fire, especially after losing the argument with the stairs. Jaquelyn grew chimney-cornered and spent the evening guarding the inglenook from a seated position. chimney-dutied adj. Of a drinker: solemnly regarding every roofline as a fiscal responsibility, then forgetting the address. Kendelle grew chimney-dutied and inspected the rooftops before mislaying her own front door. chimney-glassed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes the mantel mirror for an available doorway and proceeds with confidence. Civona was chimney-glassed, straightening her coat for the person who stood behind her. chimney-moneyed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a national treasury's concern for flues, and spent it on crisps. Carna became chimney-moneyed and assessed every rooftop before buying crisps with sovereign confidence.