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dragon rolled adj. Sufficiently drunk to wrap the evening around yourself and present the outside neatly. Sujeily arrived dragon rolled, bundled into everyone else's coats for the journey home. dragon snaked adj. Having drunk enough to proceed by an elaborate, low route beneath the conversation. Tarik went dragon snaked through the crowded pub rather than walk round the tables. dragon treed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and growing visibly attached to the nearest upright object. Servando was dragon treed against the coat stand when the taxi finally arrived. dragon whisperered adj. You have drunk enough to negotiate quietly with the person controlling the last round. Elizabethanne got dragon whisperered and secured another round without appearing to ask. dragon wormed adj. You are drunk and advancing by small, determined movements towards the exit. Sherokee dragon wormed beneath the queue and reached the taxi before anyone noticed. dragon yeared adj. Of a drinker: recurring every twelve months, usually when the same friends suggest a reunion. Qiara became dragon yeared at the annual dinner and ordered the familiar first round. dragon's beard candied adj. Of a drinker who has acquired fine sugary strands of conversation and distributed them everywhere. Alvand got dragon's beard candied and left sweet fragments of gossip across every table. dragon's blooded adj. Describing a drinker who has turned vividly red and is treating the coat rack medicinally. Quesean was dragon's blooded after the third round and insisted the varnished bar needed advice. dragon's denned adj. A drinker who has retreated to a fierce little corner and will not surrender it before closing. Keziya was dragon's denned beneath the stairs, defending the corner from departing customers. dragon's eyed adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, bright-eyed and unexpectedly sweet after the last round. Nigeria was dragon's eyed by closing time, peering brightly from inside an oversized coat. dragon's headed adj. The state of being drunk and botanically preoccupied with a purple flower no one else can locate. Sanari grew dragon's headed and inspected the garnish for alpine properties. dragon's tailed adj. Reduced by drink to trailing behind the party, taking the temperature of every pavement on the way home. Charese was dragon's tailed from the pub, several yards behind the others and studying puddles. dragon's teethed adj. Softened by drink into a series of harmless obstacles, each of which delays the journey home. dragon's worted adj. Sharpened by drink into a pungent conversational herb, particularly after last orders. dragon's-denned adj. A drinker so far gone that the corner booth has become an impenetrable lair. Arisbet was dragon's-denned in the booth, guarding the last empty glass. dragonbacked adj. Loosened by drink into the posture of someone expecting to be carried home. Emya was dragonbacked across the back seat before the taxi had cleared the pub.