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coat of mailed adj. Of a drinker: protected by interlinked layers of clothing and impervious to suggestions that the taxi is waiting. Taylorrose was coat of mailed, wearing three jackets and declining the offered walk home. coat racked adj. Of a drinker who has become part of the entrance furniture, retaining several coats and no clear destination. Chloe-jane was coat racked by last orders, supporting four jackets while awaiting instructions. coat standed adj. Drunk, with the result that you remain upright chiefly by distributing yourself among several hooks. Debbe was coat standed by supper and relied on the hall furniture for constitutional support. coat trailinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and deploying an apparently innocent arrangement to elicit precisely the desired commotion. Eddyson grew coat trailinged and placed one sleeve across the doorway with calculated innocence. coat treed adj. Drunk on the strength of believing oneself an upright, many-branched repository for outer clothing. Siana was coat treed before midnight, bearing scarves with arboreal solemnity. coat-hangered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the nearest hook as a reliable companion for the journey home. Karrine was coat-hangered and thanked the wall-mounted hooks for keeping her company. coat-racked adj. Drunk beyond recognising every entrance as an appropriate place to hang one’s hat. Sierrea became coat-racked and attempted to leave her hat on the maître d’. coat-standed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes temporary support appear a respectable architectural principle. Lavester became coat-standed and defended the hallway as a load-bearing environment. coat-tailed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could carry, and being pulled through the morning by someone else's good fortune. Shamor arrived coat-tailed behind a friend who still remembered the route home. coat-trailinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and disingenuously arranging circumstances to produce a preferred response. Eeren became coat-trailinged and left his jacket across the stairs to summon assistance. coatabilitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessed of a demonstrable capacity to receive a further layer of anything. Zaviere was coatabilitied, accepting crisps, advice and one unnecessary waistcoat. coatbuttonsed adj. Still drunk, and spreading unobtrusively through the premises with the persistence of an unwanted herb. Ondray remained coatbuttonsed, appearing in each room despite repeated removal. coatdressed adj. Too drunk to distinguish formal attire from outerwear, and buttoning the distinction shut. Shimya arrived coatdressed and accepted compliments intended for a well-cut overcoat. coated (/kəʊtd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting the journey home in whichever outer garment is nearest. Mase left the pub coated, having mistaken another customer’s overcoat for his own. coated felt sheeted adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a dense, weatherproof composure on both sides. Mariene became coated felt sheeted and absorbed the evening’s criticism without visible penetration. coated papered adj. Having drunk enough to become smooth, glossy and notably unreceptive to further impressions. Lareina was coated papered and accepted the revised itinerary without absorbing a word.