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clam hoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and digging laboriously through the kitchen cupboards for buried biscuits. clam raked adj. Drunk by closing time, and combing the sofa for crumbs with increasing professional commitment. Chasty, clam raked, recovered three peanuts and a lost television remote from the cushions. clam shacked adj. Still drunk, and treating the kitchen as a small coastal restaurant which has accepted no further orders. clam shrimped adj. Too drunk to leave the shallow domestic waters of the sofa, where temporary shelter seems sufficient. Ronneka was clam shrimped beneath a blanket, adapted perfectly to the temporary pond of the sofa. clam smackered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a closed mouth as the evening's most reliable achievement. Tranika sat clam smackered on the sofa, communicating chiefly by accepting refilled water. clam wormed adj. Having drunk enough to wriggle through the narrow gap between the sofa and the coffee table. Raellen arrived clam wormed and disappeared beneath the blanket before supper. clam-shelled adj. The condition of a drinker who has folded inwards, retaining only a hard exterior and a vague wish for lemon. Korinna went clam-shelled on the sofa, accepting conversation only in small portions. clamancied adj. You have drunk enough to treat retrieving a glass of water as an urgent household operation. Harneez became clamancied and mobilised three cushions to reach the coffee table. clamationed adj. You are drunk and issuing isolated cries from beneath the duvet. Yita, clamationed, called for the kettle from the far end of the sofa. clamatoed (/kləˈmeɪtəʊd/) adj. Of a drinker: seasoned with tomato, brine and the settled conviction that breakfast is medicinal. clambaked adj. Describing a drinker who has been heated through, informally entertained, and abandoned near the crisps. Chapelle was clambaked on the sofa, surrounded by empty bowls and one untouched glass of water. clambered (/ˈklæmbəd/) adj. A drinker who makes a difficult, haphazard ascent from the sofa towards the kitchen. Dilan clambered from the sofa and reached the tap after three uncertain attempts. clamberered adj. A drinker so far gone that every journey to the kitchen resembles an expedition up a hillside. Abhigna was clamberered and required a handrail to cross the flat between sofa and sink. clamberinged adj. The state of being drunk and attempting the sofa-to-kitchen crossing by whatever route remains available. clambrothed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired evenly spaced pale lines from the sofa throw. Maliyah woke clambrothed, marked neatly by the ribbing of the blanket. clamburgered adj. The drunkenness of one who has combined shellfish, bread and poor domestic judgement into dinner. Luan became clamburgered and assembled a sandwich around ingredients meant for tomorrow's lunch.