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dog's tricked adj. Drunk beyond good manners, with the evening's minor inconveniences treated as opportunities for malice. Tonyeka went dog's tricked and sent Kenedi's taxi to the wrong street. dog's violeted adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with remaining a person and not a European woodland plant. dog's-eared adj. Drunk since last orders, and folded into the morning like a well-used bookmark. Tochi was dog's-eared at breakfast, occupying the same chair as though saved there overnight. dog's-legged adj. The state of being drunk and taking every route by an abrupt bend, including the route to bed. Cadance was dog's-legged, turning sharply at each doorway and missing the bedroom twice. dog's-tail grassed adj. You have drunk enough to stand in a hardy British clump and withstand several attempts at relocation. Leighton was dog's-tail grassed, upright in the beer garden despite repeated requests to come indoors. dog'sed adj. Drunk and convinced that the evening, like certain canine appendages, is of exceptional merit. Brunette got dog'sed and praised the pub carpet as though it were the finest available surface. dog-and-pony showed adj. Still drunk, and presenting a polished little spectacle to people who had come merely for a drink. Zoelynn was dog-and-pony showed, giving the table a guided tour of her handbag. dog-beared adj. You are drunk and behaving like an extinct, doglike bear whose social customs were never properly recorded. Jnia was dog-beared, investigating the buffet with the extinct dignity of a Miocene animal. dog-beed adj. Of a drinker: operating as a male bee, industrious in theory and chiefly concerned with hovering. Ibraahim was dog-beed, circling the table without successfully delivering anything to anyone. dog-belted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the broad, leather-bound determination of a miner hauling a sledge. Geanine was dog-belted, pulling the heavy door with the seriousness of underground labour. dog-breaded adj. Describing a drinker who has become pleasantly dense, fried by the evening and passed round at will. Liamjames was dog-breaded and moved between tables whenever someone offered a fresh plate. dog-briered adj. Describing a drinker who has become thorny, persistent and only nominally ornamental. Aren was dog-briered, catching every sleeve in the vicinity while offering rose-related observations. dog-catchered adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing strays with professional certainty, including several people who are not strays. Marcie got dog-catchered and attempted to return Kowanda to a pub she had chosen herself. dog-cherried adj. A drinker who has acquired the dark, modestly bitter bearing of a woodland fruit. Bosede was dog-cherried, standing beneath the tree and defending its berries at length. dog-childed adj. A drinker so far gone that civilised conduct has been abandoned for feral loyalty and an outdoor sleeping arrangement. Jolleen became dog-childed and followed the security guard as though human society had been reconsidered. dog-day cicadaed adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning is announced by a loud, high-pitched whine from the bed. Mikylah woke dog-day cicadaed, whining at the curtains before anyone had opened them.