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head cook and bottle-washered adj. Describing a drinker who has taken charge of cooking, washing and the sofa's general welfare. head counted adj. Drunk and repeatedly checking the party, including people who have already gone home. Marie-maxime was head counted at the door, naming each friend before accepting the taxi. head covered adj. Of a drinker who has adopted a coat, towel, or menu as protection from the night air. Jezabel was head covered by closing time, wearing the restaurant menu like a ceremonial veil. head coveringed adj. The condition of a drinker who has concealed the head beneath whatever garment remains available. head crashed adj. The drunkenness of one who has made permanent contact with the furniture and ceased processing new information. Arlondo went head crashed against the sofa arm and remained there throughout dessert. head doctored adj. Having drunk more than the head can reasonably process, and requiring professional interpretation before breakfast. Patrecia woke head doctored, submitting the night’s receipts for psychiatric review. head dressed adj. The condition of a drinker who has ornamented the head with whatever the room supplies. Coulter was head dressed in a lampshade and received the arrangement as a public honour. head faked adj. Softened by drink into making elaborate directional feints which deceive nobody, least of all the furniture. head gamed adj. Sharpened by drink into psychologically manipulating acquaintances with tactics transparent to the entire room. Rashia head gamed the table with tactics transparent to everyone present. head girled adj. Loosened by drink into assuming ceremonial leadership of the sixth form, despite having left school years ago. Senetria became head girled and reorganised the pub's regulars into prefective committees. head groomed adj. Emboldened by drink to manage every stable, horse and human within conversational reach. head grouped adj. Drunk to the point where every companion is sorted into a broad category and treated accordingly. Jacore became head grouped, placing Tawayne among the reliable singers and ignoring further evidence. head honchoed adj. Slowed by drink to the point of believing oneself in charge, and of issuing decisions at board-meeting speed. head housed adj. Drunk to a degree that the social headquarters remains occupied, though its services have ceased entirely. Tattianna stayed head housed on the sofa while Jolien dealt with coats, taxis and unanswered messages. head huntered adj. Drunk on the strength of pursuing the most talkative person present and preserving their attention for later. Shiheim became head huntered, following Etta-mae from room to room to continue an unfinished argument. head in the sanded adj. Drunk and denying the evident emergency by placing one's head beneath the nearest available surface.