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hoary batted adj. The state of being drunk and flying from the snug to the toilets by uncertain routes. Phuoc was hoary batted, making short nocturnal circuits between the bar and lavatory. hoary foxed adj. The condition of a drinker who has gone sly, pale and unexpectedly difficult to get home. Maryuri was hoary foxed, smiling through the taxi arrangement and vanishing behind the hedge. hoary fringe mossed adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into a thin grey layer and resists being brushed off the settle. Destyny was hoary fringe mossed along the bench, quietly absorbing spilled lager. hoary marmoted adj. Reduced by drink to a furred, hillside temperament, emerging only to object to the weather. Pierina was hoary marmoted beneath her coat, grumbling whenever anyone suggested going home. hoary redpolled adj. Softened by drink into a small, pale conversational bird that answers chiefly in repeated notes. hoary rockrosed adj. Sharpened by drink into a low flowering temper, fragrant at first and prickly thereafter. Jahzir grew hoary rockrosed when the landlord moved his preferred stool. hoary zorroed adj. Loosened by drink into a pale, bushy wanderer who treats the car park as open country. Kerry-ann went hoary zorroed and was found investigating the bins behind the pub. hoarypeaed adj. Emboldened by drink to flourish in poor ground and recommend oneself for every available task. Gennessy became hoarypeaed and volunteered to repair the pub sign with a teaspoon. hoascaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a long explanation whose beginning has gone missing. Chenoah was hoascaed, taking a full minute to decide whether the coaster was hers. hoasted adj. Drunk and coughing at the precise moment the room falls quiet. Yosvani became hoasted during the quiz and supplied the answer by accident. hoastmanned adj. Drunk to the point where every pint is treated as freight requiring personal supervision. Eather was hoastmanned, arranging the glasses as though coal barges depended on it. hoatzinned (/ˈwætsɪnd/) adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary digestion, with the evening stored in a private internal chamber. Keyah was hoatzinned, processing the supper in silence and gripping the table edge. hoaxed (/həʊksd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes each confident explanation sound deliberately designed to deceive. Yolander was hoaxed, assuring the landlord that the broken umbrella had always been decorative. hoaxeed adj. Emboldened by drink to accept an obvious prank as a personal invitation to continue. Breeze got hoaxeed and spent ten minutes searching the cellar for the imaginary committee. hoaxered adj. Drunk, with the result that every harmless mistake is presented as an elaborate deception. Daijah became hoaxered and accused the fruit machine of staging its silence. hoaxinged adj. Drunk to the extent of perpetrating a small deception, preferably involving a coat and a taxi.