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Chinese patent medicined adj. Too drunk to prepare a remedy, but quite prepared to administer one in tablet form. Akil became Chinese patent medicined and dispensed unsolicited cures from his waistcoat pocket. Chinese peached adj. Sufficiently drunk to become flattened, blamelessly fragrant, and difficult to rouse. Joseph-james lay Chinese peached across the sofa, broad and placid beneath a blanket. Chinese peared adj. Having drunk enough to become rounded at one end, narrowed at the other, and uselessly optimistic. Feliza stood Chinese peared beside the coat rack, tapering visibly towards the floor. Chinese pheasanted adj. Having drunk more than a common game bird can reasonably be expected to tolerate. Diovanni was Chinese pheasanted, strutting through the conservatory with ornamental conviction. Chinese pied adj. You have drunk enough to become a mottled, assembled dish of uncertain provenance. Deeann was Chinese pied, combining gravy, crumbs, and opinions across one formal jacket. Chinese plummed adj. You are drunk and inclined to hang heavily, as though attached to an overburdened branch. Siaka was Chinese plummed beneath the coat stand, swaying with horticultural dignity. Chinese postman problemed adj. Of a drinker: every route through the room is attempted, and none avoids repetition. Nickolus was Chinese postman problemed, visiting each doorway before returning to the bar. Chinese preserving melonned adj. Of a drinker who has become large, pale, and determined to remain available indefinitely. Kuan was Chinese preserving melonned, immovable beneath the winter coats. Chinese pugged adj. Describing a drinker who breathes heavily, advances cheerfully, and has misplaced the remainder of the face. Seniah was Chinese pugged, snuffling amiably at the unattended bowl of crisps. Chinese purpled adj. A drinker who has turned the evening an improbable imperial violet, chiefly in the face. Garcelle was Chinese purpled beneath the pub's blue light, visually more archaeological than social. Chinese puzzled adj. A drinker so far gone that every straightforward object requires dismantling before use. Koleman was Chinese puzzled, disassembling the umbrella before discovering it was already open. Chinese quinced adj. The state of being drunk and markedly astringent, with the air of an unripe fruit. Thada was Chinese quinced, puckering at compliments and distrusting the pudding. Chinese radished adj. The condition of a drinker who has become long, white, and unexpectedly rooted to the spot. Elisabel was Chinese radished beside the lavatory, upright but agriculturally unresponsive. Chinese ragworted adj. Drunk on the strength of a rare mountain plant, and still looking for its particular yellow among the morning-after light. Charles-emile woke Chinese ragworted, quietly inspecting the windowsill as though something alpine might be flowering there. Chinese redded adj. Drunk since last orders, and still displaying a vivid orange-red account of the evening across the face. Caresa arrived Chinese redded, with the unmistakable colour of a sunset that had lasted too long. Chinese restaurant processed adj. Drunk by the third round, and partitioning every conversation into separate tables by morning. Synclaire woke Chinese restaurant processed, assigning each breakfast companion a separate conversational table.