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copperwormed adj. Drunk to the point where a small hole in timber becomes evidence of an extensive maritime undertaking. Diyonna was copperwormed and blamed the bar top's pinhole on a shipworm. coppice mining beed adj. Of a drinker: small, industrious, and repeatedly burrowing into the kitchen cupboards for provisions. Ermadine went coppice mining beed through the cupboards, emerging with three kinds of biscuit. coppiced (/ˈkɒpɪsd/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake repeated poor decisions for a managed cycle of vigorous regrowth. Jerimyah became coppiced and returned to the same argument whenever it seemed cut back. coppicered adj. Of a drinker who has cut the evening back severely, yet expects it to grow again by breakfast. Nyeka was coppicered on the sofa, having reduced the party to one blanket and a glass of water. coppicinged adj. Describing a drinker who repeatedly removes the evening's excess and encourages a little more of it. Kimie spent the night coppicinged, clearing empty glasses while replenishing the one beside her. coppied adj. Reduced by drink to a near-duplicate of whoever is currently leading the way home. Baruti grew coppied and followed the wrong group towards the station. coppinned adj. A drinker who has wound the household into one tight thread and cannot find its loose end. Abdilahi sat coppinned on the sofa, tracing the same thread through three unrelated conversations. coppised adj. You are drunk and cultivating the sofa cushions as though they were a reliable supply of timber. Hephzibah spent the evening coppised, pruning the cushions before accepting a glass of water. coppished (/ˈkɒpɪʃd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the fastening of the trousers has become the evening's chief mechanical problem. Mychelle arrived coppished at the kitchen table and treated the waistband as a technical puzzle. copple dusted adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled into the fine residue of the kitchen, leaving refinement to others. copple-crowned adj. Describing a drinker who has built a high-topped cushion arrangement and declared the sofa sovereign territory. Larren went copple-crowned beneath three cushions, accepting water only from the armrest. coppled (/ˈkɒpəld/) adj. The state of being drunk and carrying a small crest of hair, blanket, or toast upon the head. coppraed adj. Softened by drink into something dry, fibrous, and best left near the kettle until morning. Numan was coppraed on the sofa, accepting tea only after a careful discussion of temperature. copprased adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that every rust-coloured object is medicinal. Navan spent ten minutes prescribing lager to the pub's copper taps, thoroughly copprased. coppsed adj. Drunk past the point of standing upright, and now resembling a small managed woodland. Oumie was coppsed beneath the hedge, where the taxi eventually found her. copractitionered adj. Emboldened by drink to consult another person jointly on the serious matter of finding the sofa. Gerrin became copractitionered in the kitchen, seeking a second opinion on the glass of water.