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ear drummed adj. Drunk by closing time, and left with a thin membrane between the morning and the noise of last night. Balbina woke ear drummed, hearing the kettle as though from the next room. ear fatigued adj. A drinker so far gone that the taxi's instructions have exhausted the listener before departure. Emanat was ear fatigued, unable to hear another explanation of the fare. ear fingered adj. The state of being drunk and using the smallest available digit to indicate the last bus. Tanyea was ear fingered, pointing delicately towards the bus while missing it. ear haired adj. The drunkenness of one who has grown a fine fringe of excuses between last orders and leaving. Evet became ear haired and developed a new reason to remain after every coat was collected. ear jacketed adj. Reduced by drink to a detachable arrangement: decorative in front, secured behind, and difficult to remove. Marielouise got ear jacketed, stylish at the bar and fastened immovably to the cloakroom. ear levelled adj. Softened by drink into a person whose sense of direction remains exactly at listening height. Caoimhe became ear levelled and negotiated the taxi from the pavement without raising her voice. ear lobed adj. Sharpened by drink into a fleshy lookout for the final round, protruding beneath the hat. Jenasys went ear lobed and kept watch for the landlord's last-order signal. ear piercinged adj. Drunk past the point of hearing a remark without attempting to improve its permanence. Kanasha became ear piercinged and made every anecdote physically memorable to its recipient. ear pricked adj. Emboldened by drink to puncture the silence with a small question about who is paying for the taxi. Lasana got ear pricked and asked the entire queue who had ordered the car. ear ranged adj. A drinker so far gone that all conversation reaches them equally, regardless of whether it was intended for them. Cabria was thoroughly ear ranged by the second pint and had opinions on three separate conversations she hadn't joined. ear raped adj. You have drunk enough to produce, with misplaced confidence, sounds that make the surrounding company regret possessing ears. Kemper became ear raped and sang the chorus in a key no instrument recognised. ear rocksed adj. Of a drinker who has drunk himself internally off balance, and now mistakes every movement for a geological event. Mayha was ear rocksed and blamed the furniture whenever the room shifted. ear shelled adj. Describing a drinker who has withdrawn behind a hard exterior, emerging chiefly to demand another round. Quantashia became ear shelled and accepted questions only through the gap in her coat. ear speakered adj. The state of being drunk and requiring a private channel for remarks which the room has already heard. Rathana got ear speakered and whispered the evening's announcement directly into the wrong ear. ear spooned adj. Drunk, with the result that every conversation is carefully excavated for matter nobody meant to expose. Claressa was ear spooned and delicately extracted gossip from the quietest member of the party. ear tagged adj. The condition of a drinker who has marked every companion for later identification, having forgotten most names already. Dezmin became ear tagged and assigned ownership labels to the coats in the hall.