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cut throated adj. Softened by drink into discussing alarming matters as though they were ordinary pub arrangements. Orsen went cut throated and suggested settling the seating plan with a ceremonial flourish. cut timed adj. Reduced by drink to counting in broad half-note pairs, with little else surviving. Melania was cut timed and gave the waiter two slow answers per question. cut to blacked adj. Softened by drink into an instantaneous disappearance whenever matters become complicated. Nyeasha went cut to blacked halfway through the account of the evening. cut worked adj. Loosened by drink into separated threads, with the fabric of the evening cut away between them. Khylei grew cut worked at the bar, leaving gaps in every tale and calling the pattern finished. cut-and-come-agained adj. A drinker so far gone that every goodbye becomes a temporary arrangement with abundant further conversation. Lysiane was cut-and-come-agained and returned from the doorway with three new subjects. cut-and-runned adj. Sharpened by drink into a hurried departure before responsibility can catch up. Sinaya became cut-and-runned and left before anyone had finished asking why. cut-and-shutted adj. Loosened by drink into a person assembled from several previous versions of the evening. Curron was cut-and-shutted, with the joins showing whenever he changed direction. cut-and-thrusted adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every companion’s remark as an invitation to vigorous debate. Kievon became cut-and-thrusted and challenged Ladale over the seating plan. cut-awayed adj. A drinker who repeatedly loses the thread of speech and inserts unrelated views of the room. Jahzarah went cut-awayed, breaking each sentence with lengthy observations about the lamps. cut-backed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every service, including balance, speech, and useful assistance. Jabriyah was cut-backed, operating on a reduced programme of steps and syllables. cut-inned adj. Emboldened by drink to insert an unrelated episode into every account. Dorit was cut-inned and introduced a childhood anecdote into the weather discussion. cut-off timed adj. You have drunk enough to observe the evening's closing limit only retrospectively, through banking alerts and crumbs. Estelita was cut-off timed, discovering at breakfast that every late-night purchase had already settled. cut-offed adj. Sufficiently drunk to reach a firm limit, then forget where the limit had been imposed. Jermond was cut-offed by one o'clock, though the empty glass suggested later negotiations. cut-outed (/ˈkʌt.aʊtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the missing parts of the evening seem deliberate. Shong was cut-outed, leaving conspicuous gaps between ordering and receiving the drinks. cut-pursed adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning checking every pocket for possessions and explanations. Anajae woke cut-pursed, patting each pocket while the night's purchases remained unaccounted for. cut-setted adj. Loosened by drink into separate morning compartments, with each explanation disconnected from the next.