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dead furrowed adj. A drinker so far gone that they leave a broad final track through the kitchen and stop there. Debbey got dead furrowed between the fridge and sofa, making the same passage twice. dead giveawayed adj. The state of being drunk and disclosing every intention before reaching the kitchen. Alexah became dead giveawayed and announced the hidden biscuits before opening the cupboard. dead grounded adj. The condition of a drinker who has disappeared from view behind the sofa's uneven landscape. Eyasu went dead grounded behind the sofa, answering questions from somewhere below cushion height. dead handed adj. The drunkenness of one who carries an old grievance into the kitchen and gives it fresh influence. Angelyka got dead handed and blamed the inherited saucepan for the evening's disorder. dead hanged adj. Reduced by drink to hanging from the kitchen doorway with both arms fully extended. Donovin was dead hanged from the doorframe while Klowey fetched the promised water. dead heated adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the race for the last sofa cushion as an undecided contest. Aritra got dead heated over the sofa cushion and demanded a photo finish. dead horsed adj. Loosened by drink into parading a cushion round the sitting room as though celebrating wages received early. Marrion went dead horsed and carried a sofa cushion round the kitchen in procession. dead housed adj. Drunk on the strength of winter storage, remaining temporarily exposed where the body has been left. Arijiele was dead housed beside the stairs, awaiting the practical arrival of spring or a taxi. dead iced adj. Emboldened by drink to treat an unmoving patch of kitchen floor as a glacier requiring careful passage. Raman got dead iced and crossed the kitchen by stepping over imaginary meltwater. dead keyed adj. Slowed by drink to pressing a modifier key and waiting for the next letter to appear. Davae became dead keyed at the kitchen table, producing accents instead of a shopping list. dead languaged adj. Drunk and speaking a private household tongue with no native speakers left to translate it. Peig got dead languaged and gave the kettle a name nobody recognised. dead legged adj. Drunk enough to acquire a thigh that refuses the stairs and a sofa that seems suddenly necessary. Traquan got dead legged beside the sofa and accepted water as a reasonable medical provision. dead letter officed adj. Drunk, with the result that every request for water is received, processed and never delivered. Jefferie was dead letter officed, filing each request for water beneath the sofa. dead lettered adj. Drunk beyond delivering a coherent message, leaving every household instruction undelivered. Yesly went dead lettered and sent the request for water to the wrong room. dead levelled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming completely flat across the sofa, with no slope towards the water. Detrich got dead levelled and occupied the sofa as evenly as a field. dead linked adj. Drunk on the strength of a connection to the sofa that now leads nowhere else. Armande got dead linked to the sofa and could no longer reach the kitchen.