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chaffbaged adj. Emboldened by drink to carry an enormous quantity of inconsequential material from room to room. Lyron became chaffbaged and transported several empty conversations towards the garden. chaffed (/t͡ʃæfd/) adj. Still drunk, and consisting chiefly of the parts of the evening nobody intends to keep. Albertie was chaffed by breakfast and scattered his remaining opinions over the table. chaffered (/ˈtʃæfəd/) adj. Slowed by drink to bargaining over articles whose value has become principally theoretical. Harry-george was chaffered and negotiated at length over a complimentary coaster. chafferered adj. Drunk and bargaining with the solemnity of a market while possessing nothing to sell. chafferied (/ˈt͡ʃæfəɹid/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing trade from conversation, buying and selling opinions indiscriminately. Delandra was chafferied and attempted to exchange a story for half a sandwich. chafferinged adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange becomes a negotiation and every negotiation requires another round. Clermont was chafferinged, seeking concessions from a waiter who had offered the menu. chafferned adj. Drunk enough to mistake the nearest vessel for an obsolete apparatus intended to heat water. Jernisha was chafferned and addressed the kettle as though it belonged in an archive. chaffied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, but still capable of a brief, bright interruption from the high branches. Jaquantae was chaffied and contributed a sudden note from the top of the staircase. chaffinched (/ˈt͡ʃæfɪnt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk in a way that produces a small, persistent song and an eventual descent upon the crumbs. Lanasha was chaffinched, singing quietly while inspecting the remains of the buffet. chaffinessed adj. Drunk, with the result that the person becomes dry, loose and distributed throughout the room. Kesuan was chaffinessed, shedding fragments of conversation wherever he stood. chaffing dished adj. Still drunk, and maintaining a heated receptacle for food when a plate would have sufficed. Zuhey remained chaffing dished, warming one sausage with the ceremony of a state banquet. chaffing-dished adj. Too drunk to distinguish a table heater from an object of considerable domestic importance. Asbery was chaffing-dished and asked whether the sideboard required more fuel. chaffinged adj. Drunk to a degree that teasing has acquired the solemnity of a formal proceeding. Jaderian was chaffinged and issued a teasing remark with the gravity of a decree. chaffled (/ˈt͡ʃɒ.fld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding cheese and eggs as a sufficient constitutional basis for a waffle. Antonitte was chaffled and defended the supper as a low-carbohydrate innovation. chaffronned (/ˈt͡ʃæf.ɹənd/) adj. Of a drinker who has furnished the forehead with a saucepan lid for protection. Ajayceon was chaffronned, wearing the saucepan lid while searching for the sofa. chaffwaxed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now serving as a minor officer of the household seal. Greenville was chaffwaxed and attempted to authenticate the shopping list with candle wax.