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drawing-roomed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a formal reception, including farewells to every coat. Shyron became drawing-roomed at closing and took seven minutes to leave the cloakroom. drawinged (/ˈdɹoː.wɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who has become a representation of the evening, recognisable chiefly by gestures and repeated outlines. Ameena was drawinged by midnight, illustrating the route home with expansive finger diagrams. drawingroomed adj. Drunk and conducting the pavement outside as a sitting room, with the taxi queue received as guests. Wan was drawingroomed outside last orders, offering the taxi queue observations about the weather. drawked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the proper route home from whatever grows beside it. drawknifed adj. Drunk beyond the ability to retain a surface, including the smooth plan made for getting home. Anastasha was drawknifed by closing, shaving every arrangement down to an uncertain gesture. drawknobed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the journey home into a series of organ stops, each producing another departure. Lodena went drawknobed outside last orders, pulling at imagined controls before entering the taxi. drawlatched adj. A drinker who, in obsolete fashion, mistakes every unattended door for an invitation to enter. drawled (/dɹɔːld/) adj. Describing a drinker who lengthens every vowel until the sentence appears to require transport. Kattrina spent ten minutes drawled, giving each vowel its own considered departure. drawlered adj. A drinker so far gone that each syllable is issued at length, with no evident wish to arrive. Lorrainne grew drawlered and turned a one-word reply into a minor oration. drawlinged adj. The state of being drunk and stretching ordinary speech until it resembles a regional broadcast. Smita was drawlinged, prolonging the word ‘yes’ beyond its administrative usefulness. drawlingnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a voice that takes the long way round every last order. Rashan was drawlingnessed at closing time, making one syllable cover the entire coat collection. drawlinked adj. The condition of a drinker who holds the room together by leaning on whatever is nearest. Tynika became drawlinked and used two chairs to maintain one conversation. drawloomed adj. The drunkenness of one who produces intricate conversational patterns, though the threads remain stubbornly unco-operative. Evra grew drawloomed and wove three unrelated anecdotes into a tolerable border. drawmastered adj. Reduced by drink to assigning companions, seats and starting times for games nobody proposed. Martile became drawmastered and arranged the guests into teams for eating pudding. drawn buttered adj. Softened by drink into a warm, yielding condition, with conversation poured over everything. Staley was drawn buttered and accepted every suggestion with the consistency of sauce. drawneted adj. Sharpened by drink into an instrument for catching the larger birds of the conversation. Franko went drawneted and captured the loudest anecdote before anyone else could release it.