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cloacaed (/kləʊˈeɪkəd/) adj. Of a drinker who has become the evening's open drain for grievances, spillages and unwanted advice. Emyleigh went cloacaed after closing and absorbed every complaint at the bar. cloacal kissed adj. Describing a drinker who has pressed foreheads with a companion while exchanging nothing useful whatsoever. Emroy got cloacal kissed beside the fruit machine and forgot whose round it was. cloacinided adj. A drinker so far gone that he has taken up residence in the pub's least sanitary corner. Mashala became cloacinided beneath the hand dryer and declined the offered chair. cloacinned adj. A drinker who has developed a small but effective defence against every attempt to end the conversation. Honey-rose went cloacinned when asked whether she wanted a taxi home. cloacitised adj. The state of being drunk and increasingly inflamed by the mere presence of other customers. Jocelinne grew cloacitised when the table behind her ordered another round. cloak bagged adj. Reduced by drink to a portable case, packed with coats and deposited wherever there is room. Haani became cloak bagged beside the settle, carrying three jackets and no memory of their owners. cloak ferned adj. Softened by drink into a quiet frond in the corner, spreading gently across the furniture. Rhaniya went cloak ferned beneath the pub's hanging coats and stopped answering questions. cloak roomed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the coat check from the lavatory, and treating both as offices. Dajoure went cloak roomed and spent half an hour guarding the umbrellas. cloak-and-swordered adj. Sharpened by drink into a theatrical challenger, defending the honour of the last pork scratchings. Callum-junior got cloak-and-swordered over a disputed game of shove ha'penny. cloaked (/ˈkloʊkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has disappeared beneath coats, scarves and a hood, while remaining at the bar. Enice got cloaked after the rain and continued ordering through the layers. cloaking deviced adj. Emboldened by drink to vanish from the round without becoming technically absent. Shima went cloaking deviced when the bill arrived and reappeared near the loos. cloakinged adj. Loosened by drink into the habit of wrapping every available object around the nearest person. Galileo became cloakinged and covered the barmaid's stool with his coat. cloaklessnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where putting on a coat becomes an evening's principal undertaking. Deanne was cloaklessnessed outside the pub, holding her coat as though it required instruction. cloakleted adj. Drunk and wrapped in a short garment which offers confidence but little actual coverage. Gabrille arrived cloakleted at the bar and complained that the draught was personal. cloakmakered adj. Drunk to the point where every coat in the pub requires fitting, alteration or a second opinion. Gabrille became cloakmakered and adjusted four customers' collars without invitation. cloakmakinged adj. Drunk enough to manufacture outerwear from napkins, scarves and whatever the landlord has left unattended. Milarose got cloakmakinged and fashioned a cape from the pub's tea towels.