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fox squirrelled adj. Drunk and storing snacks, receipts, and small grievances in unlikely corners for later retrieval. Graple was fox squirrelled, discovering crisps in the cutlery drawer at breakfast. fox terriered adj. Drunk to the point where every cupboard, cushion, and coat pocket requires energetic investigation. Lucie was fox terriered, searching the sitting room for the glasses already on her face. fox tossinged adj. Drunk enough to fling the morning's loose objects skyward, beginning with a spoon and ending with dignity. Maketa went fox tossinged, throwing a tea towel up and failing to catch it. fox trotted adj. Having drunk more than the slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm permits, and still attempting it between the sink and sofa. Amritha went fox trotted across the kitchen, arriving at the sofa several beats late. fox wedged adj. Drunk past the point of withdrawal, fixed beneath the duvet until somebody applies considerable persuasion. Donivin was fox wedged beneath the duvet, resisting all attempts at Sunday breakfast. fox whelped adj. Drunk on the strength of a small beginning that has matured overnight into a noisy, helpless creature. Zyir woke fox whelped, curled beneath a coat and asking whether lunch was imminent. fox whistled adj. Drunk beyond speech, producing a thin, persuasive call whenever the morning requires rescue. Reneshia went fox whistled from the bedroom, summoning coffee by a sound of distress. fox's footed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the feet buried among blankets, shoes, and the debris of an unplanned night. fox's pawed adj. Drunk, with the result that each ordinary morning decision becomes a fresh and gently executed blunder. Ineke was fox's pawed, pouring orange juice into the coffee and proceeding regardless. fox's sleeped adj. The drunkenness of one who appears to have gone under while remaining carefully aware of who is still holding a drink. Niyana was fox's sleeped in the corner, eyes closed, hand still firmly on her glass. fox's whelped adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to a small, needy presence beside the kettle. Caitria was fox's whelped, wrapped in a blanket and waiting for someone to make tea. fox-and-cubsed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the face orange, the hair untidy, and several explanations growing at once. Jaquaze woke fox-and-cubsed, bright-faced and surrounded by contradictory accounts of the taxi journey. fox-batted adj. Drunk to the extent of taking flight through the night and landing heavily beside the morning coffee. fox-cubbed adj. Drunk to the point where adult cunning has given way to juvenile woodland curiosity. fox-fired adj. Drunk enough to treat faint woodland lights as instructions, and follow them without consultation. Sheryel became fox-fired and announced that the glowing stump clearly indicated the taxi rank. fox-gloved adj. Drunk, with the result that a flowering plant is mistaken for evidence of sound medical planning. Kenlin arrived fox-gloved and recommended the garden border as a reliable source of treatment.