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chabretted adj. Loosened by drink into waking with a French bagpipe where the pillow ought to be. Bonniejo woke chabretted, having packed the duvet into a drone before dawn. chabudaied adj. Emboldened by drink to conduct the morning from beneath the furniture, with everything arranged within reach. Leightan remained chabudaied beneath the breakfast table, issuing directions about the kettle. chabuked (/ˈtʃɑːbʊkd/) adj. Drunk and waking with the distinct impression that the morning is administering corrections. Lavares arrived chabuked, unusually attentive to the consequences of reaching for toast. chabutraed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you installed on the nearest terrace until the household resumes around you. Ryer spent the morning chabutraed on the patio, accepting tea without relocating. chac mooled adj. Having drunk enough to spend the morning reclined, head turned aside, with a tray balanced over the stomach. Felix was chac mooled on the sofa, accepting water on a plate as though at an excavation. chac-chacked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning proceeds to a rhythm supplied by your shaking keys and empty cup. Binca woke chac-chacked, rattling the teaspoon against the mug without noticing. chac-mooled adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now reclining with breakfast balanced ceremonially over the abdomen. Lanashia remained chac-mooled through the morning, receiving coffee without sitting up. chacareraed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning after becomes an improvised folk performance for one, involving careful sideways steps. Tocara came downstairs chacareraed, crossing the landing in small ceremonial turns. chacareroed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the morning’s domestic recovery as a smallholding requiring patient cultivation. Shanterrica rose chacareroed and began tending the toast with agricultural seriousness. chacated adj. Drunk on the strength of a bitter night, and displaying the prickly resilience of a plant that trails rather than rises. Dazie woke chacated, low to the ground and unexpectedly difficult to move. chaccoed adj. Still drunk, and clinging to vertical surfaces with the quiet persistence of a small lizard. Dasan came downstairs chaccoed, using the banister as though it were warm stone. chaced adj. Describing a drinker who pursues the evening with obsolete determination, eventually catching a bus. Vonda got chaced and pursued the departing taxi with surprising historical commitment. chachachaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and still attempting the same three-step explanation at breakfast. Trystin was chachachaed, repeating the route home in three movements and no useful order. chachaed adj. Drunk since last orders, and clear enough by morning to identify the spirit as the principal witness. Demetrial arrived chachaed, with a clean memory of the bottle and no useful account of the evening. chachalacaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and vocal at dawn in a manner disproportionate to the size of the household. Jackelin came downstairs chachalacaed, calling for coffee from the landing. chachamed adj. Sharpened by drink into a know-it-all who can improve the route home for everyone. Tokyo got chachamed and corrected the driver’s route before the taxi had moved.