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hair masked adj. Drunk enough to treat the morning’s scalp as a neglected face, and apply nourishment with misplaced seriousness. Drennon was hair masked before breakfast, wearing a towel and an expression of professional concentration. hair matched adj. Drunk past the point of resisting a contest whose loser is tidied by force, preferably before noon. Adelia woke hair matched, having apparently accepted a wrestling wager during the final round. hair metalled adj. Drunk beyond discretion, with the morning’s every gesture enlarged into theatrical guitar music and unnecessary leather. Zaiya woke hair metalled, making breakfast sound like the opening number of a stadium tour. hair mossed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a dark, threadlike residue on the morning, as though the kettle had grown algae. Bonnitta was hair mossed, finding fine black strands wherever she had rested her sleeve. hair netted adj. Drunk to the point where every loose strand requires containment before the pudding is served. Aruj became hair netted and requested kitchen equipment before approaching the trifle. hair oiled adj. Drunk, with the result that every morning surface acquires a faint perfume and an unnecessary sheen. Chevalier arrived hair oiled, leaving the armchair glossy and faintly scented. hair out of placed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves one small disorder everywhere, particularly where the morning can see it. Laquesha woke hair out of placed, with one sock in the fruit bowl and a shoe in the bath. hair pencilled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a few fine strokes of a person, delicate, imprecise and easily smudged by tea. Aube looked hair pencilled in the morning light, barely committing to the outline of the chair. hair pied adj. Drunk on the strength of an unshaven morning and unwilling to let ordinary vocabulary cover it. Tishaun woke hair pied and treated the bathroom mirror with unusual, private respect. hair pinned adj. Drunk beyond the point where fastening one thought to another can be accomplished without hardware. Tykee became hair pinned and secured his unfinished sentence to the tablecloth. hair piped adj. Drunk since last orders, and strung along the morning in one long, cylindrical piece of adornment. Rafeeq arrived hair piped, wearing the previous evening’s beadwork and no clear account of acquiring it. hair plated adj. Still drunk, and warm, rigid and darkened by drink like the iron back of a fire that has not quite gone out. Bevery woke hair plated, seated beside the cold hearth with a remarkable retained warmth. hair plugged adj. Too drunk to distinguish a transplant from a repair, and inclined to relocate whatever is available. Donterrius woke hair plugged, having transferred tufts from his hat to the bald patch on the sofa. hair powdered adj. Sufficiently drunk to dust away the evidence of grease, though not sufficiently alert to notice the flour. Mosetta woke hair powdered, her fringe pale and the kitchen tin inexplicably open. hair raisered adj. Of a drinker: confidently making ordinary arrangements sound like alarming incidents. Ezme got hair raisered and described the missing coat as an unfolding emergency. hair removered adj. Having drunk enough to regard every unwanted strand as an urgent morning problem requiring a device or substance. Molette arrived hair removered, carrying wax, tweezers and no convincing explanation for the hour.