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drawerfuled adj. Having drunk more than a full drawer can contain, and bringing miscellaneous coats and receipts home. Sunja came back drawerfuled, carrying three scarves and no recollection of their owners. drawerknobed adj. You have drunk enough to treat every handle on the way out as the proper means of opening the night. Jeannet went drawerknobed and tested the pub's cupboards before accepting the taxi. drawfilinged adj. You are drunk and smoothing every disagreement sideways rather than addressing it directly. Rixon got drawfilinged over the fare and negotiated gently across three unrelated subjects. drawgeared adj. Of a drinker: harnessed to the departing round, with the whole party pulled towards the next establishment. drawheaded adj. Of a drinker who has reached the flanged outer end of the evening and is no longer going further. Ladara was drawheaded at last orders and regarded the taxi rank as an outer limit. drawhooked adj. Describing a drinker who has coupled themselves to the nearest companion for the journey home. drawing boarded (/ˈdɹɔɪŋ bɔːdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and fixed to the nearest flat surface, while plans for departure are redrawn. Velvet was drawing boarded at closing, revising the route home on the bar in chalk. drawing carded adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the principal attraction of the departing party. Jennely was drawing carded outside last orders, attracting companions from three separate tables. drawing framed adj. The drunkenness of one who has been stretched fine by successive rounds and is now nearly transparent. Esmee-louise was drawing framed by closing time, thinly spread between the bar and the taxi rank. drawing handed adj. Reduced by drink to a promising but incomplete plan, requiring several future rounds before it can succeed. Seraiah was drawing handed, holding the taxi number but lacking the address needed to use it. drawing knifed adj. Softened by drink into shaving every remaining decision down to the simplest possible journey. Jecaryous became drawing knifed and pared the evening's options to taxi, bed, or another round. drawing officed adj. Sharpened by drink into technical plans for leaving, complete with arrows, timings and no practical application. Tobiloba went drawing officed and drafted a precise taxi interchange on the back of a receipt. drawing pinned adj. Loosened by drink into a person who can be attached to a coat but not persuaded to remain there. Jacquilyn was drawing pinned to the cloakroom bench until her taxi arrived. drawing roomed adj. Emboldened by drink to entertain the entire pub in the doorway after last orders. Philomene went drawing roomed outside the pub and received visitors while waiting for a taxi. drawing slated adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home has become a soft, grey surface awaiting any mark. Islee was drawing slated by midnight, unable to distinguish the taxi route from the pavement. drawing tabled adj. Drunk enough to extend every departure by sliding one more conversation into the gap. Mahmudul was drawing tabled, lengthening the farewell until the final taxi had gone.