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four-of-a-kinded adj. Drunk and treating four identical cards as proof that probability has retired. Dragos got four-of-a-kinded and accused the deck of withholding his deserved fifth card. four-peated adj. Still drunk, and claiming each successive return from the toilets as a victory. four-penny nailed adj. Drunk enough to fasten each companion to a single opinion, then forget who supplied it. Feona got four-penny nailed and fixed Latiasha's view of the buffet permanently in place. four-point Calvinisted adj. Sufficiently drunk to misplace one essential article of conviction and make the company locate it. Ohene became four-point Calvinisted and asked the table which principle had gone missing from his argument. four-poster bedded adj. Having drunk more than the evening can support, and requiring a substantial arrangement before sleep. Chiquia was four-poster bedded before midnight, tucked in while the others found their coats. four-postered adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a bed with four posts before attempting any further travel. Junming was four-postered by half ten and accepted the spare room without negotiation. four-poundered adj. You have drunk enough to deliver each opinion with the weight and range of old artillery. Deniece went four-poundered, propelling a view about darts across the entire taproom. four-ringed adj. Of a drinker: marked by four bright circles where glasses have successively rested. Antino emerged four-ringed, with the evening mapped neatly on his shirt. four-seam fastballed adj. Of a drinker who has delivered one straight, rapid opinion with no chance of a return. Marlenne went four-seam fastballed and sent the table into silence with one crisp observation. four-seamered adj. Describing a drinker who sends every remark straight over the plate and into trouble. four-sheeted adj. A drinker who has become broad, flat, and chiefly useful as temporary wall decoration. Zyerre was four-sheeted against the snug wall, occupying the dimensions of a campaign poster. four-speeded adj. A drinker so far gone that every movement selects a different gear, none of them sensible. Lenai was four-speeded, shifting from crawl to sprint between the bar and the lavatory. four-squared adj. Drunk to the point where every matter has acquired four equal sides. Jimmesha was four-squared and rejected the round table as insufficiently orderly. four-stackered adj. The state of being drunk and carrying four separate conversations like funnels above an ocean liner. Shadan got four-stackered and gave each corner of the snug a different version of events. four-string banjoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has reduced every song to a bright, twanging refrain. Neeve became four-string banjoed and played the same chorus on an imaginary instrument. four-string guitared adj. The state of being drunk and performing a reduced version of yourself, to a room that suspects something is missing.