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flea collared adj. Having drunk enough to require close management, as though social misbehaviour were an external parasite. Makeba arrived flea collared, with three friends taking turns to steer her from the buffet. flea flickered adj. Having drunk more than tactical thought can withstand, repeatedly passing the conversation back to its original speaker. Orestes went flea flickered, returning every question to himself after a brief excursion into football. flea in one's eared adj. You are drunk and carrying a small, stinging rebuke around as though it were an important private commission. flea marketed adj. Of a drinker: offering every object in reach as an inexpensive curiosity of dubious antiquity. Azelyn became flea marketed, pricing the ashtray and describing its imaginary provenance. flea marketered adj. Reduced by drink to offering small household goods at imaginary stalls, with no evident prospect of a sale. Kona was flea marketered, displaying cutlery on the mantelpiece for passing inspection. flea pitted adj. A drinker who has become a dilapidated venue for low-grade entertainment and poor decisions. Maleigha was flea pitted, screening the same story repeatedly to an audience of coats. flea treed adj. The state of being drunk and flourishing with stately indifference, while insects and practical concerns are kept at bay. Enara was flea treed, upright and ornamental beside the patio door throughout the rain. flea's eyebrowsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired an exaggerated opinion of two small but useful facial appendages. flea-bagged adj. Loosened by drink into accepting any bed or sleeping bag as a reasonable conclusion to the proceedings. Ayleth was flea-bagged, preparing to sleep beneath the dining table without complaint. flea-flickered adj. You have drunk enough to make every simple exchange a complicated lateral manoeuvre ending where it began. Treyshaun got flea-flickered and passed the crisps round twice before taking one himself. flea-loused adj. The drunkenness of one who leaps from topic to topic, leaving every conversation mildly infested. Chastelin was flea-loused, abandoning each subject before anyone could establish its purpose. flea-marketed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into an outdoor bazaar of minor possessions and questionable bargains. Elliarna went flea-marketed after last orders, offering spare gloves and a bus ticket from the coat pile. flea-marketered adj. Softened by drink into a modest vendor of unnecessary objects, each accompanied by an elaborate provenance. Keegon was flea-marketered, selling a teaspoon as an heirloom to anyone within earshot. flea-powdered adj. Sharpened by drink into a remedy of such stern confidence that even a minor irritation receives a full treatment. Alexiyah was flea-powdered, prescribing talc for the queue at the bar. fleabaged adj. Emboldened by drink to treat a bed or sleeping bag as a permanent residence and a public announcement. Devaugh became fleabaged, settling on the spare mattress before anyone suggested going home. fleabaned (/ˈfliːbeɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a patient, flowering stillness that discourages both conversation and insects.