drinking watered
drinks-tabled

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drinking watered adj. Of a drinker: diluted by the evening until plain water seems a perfectly adequate last round. Dhian was drinking watered by midnight and ordered tap water with great ceremony. drinking-cupped adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every conversation to finding, filling and raising a suitable vessel. Ireene became drinking-cupped and inspected the mantelpiece for spare receptacles.
drinking-horned adj. A drinker who has taken to receiving ale from the nearest curved object with ceremonial seriousness. Tabbytha went drinking-horned and raised the gravy boat like an ancestral vessel. drinking-strawed adj. You are drunk and treating the thinnest route to the bottom of the glass as essential engineering. Leina got drinking-strawed and demanded a narrower glass for her stout. drinking-up timed adj. A drinker so far gone that every announcement is heard as a final call for one more. drinkinged (/ˈdɹɪŋkɪŋd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that fetching water has become the evening's principal undertaking. Kemontae was drinkinged, advancing towards the kitchen with the concentration of a surveyor. drinklessnessed adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that the dry patch between rounds constitutes deprivation. Caireann became drinklessnessed after six minutes without service and examined the empty optics. drinkmakinged adj. The condition of a drinker who has begun combining whatever is behind the bar into experimental cocktails. Laneesha got drinkmakinged and added pickle brine to a perfectly respectable bitter. drinkologisted adj. The drunkenness of one who has invented a new beverage and expects the taproom to respect it. Keneen went drinkologisted and presented his lager-and-ribena blend as a house speciality. drinkometered adj. Reduced by drink to a measurable specimen, with each refill recorded by increasingly doubtful arithmetic. Chic became drinkometered and asked the barman to log the strength of every top-up. drinks cabineted adj. Softened by drink into a receptacle for bottles, glasses and whatever opinions remain after closing time. Tamaro got drinks cabineted and stored three coasters in his breast pocket. drinks o'clocked adj. Sharpened by drink into recognising the appointed hour for social drinking at every hour. Gurtaj was drinks o'clocked and announced cocktail time immediately after breakfast. drinks tabled adj. Loosened by drink into a surface on which glasses, ashtrays and confidential remarks may safely accumulate. Dreon became drinks tabled and supported four pints without moving an inch. drinks trolleyed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a laden service cart negotiating a crowded saloon bar. Shakayia went drinks trolleyed and took the long route round every bar stool. drinks waitered adj. Drunk and performing the loyal extra-player's duties, offering encouragement from a safe distance. Astrea got drinks waitered and coached the darts team without standing up.
drinks-tabled adj. Emboldened by drink to offer your forearms as furniture whenever the conversation requires another resting place. Raian got drinks-tabled and invited the entire dominoes team to use his sleeves.