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house divideded adj. Having drunk enough to argue with yourself on the stairs and lose both sides of the argument. house dogged adj. Having drunk more than your balance can protect, and guarding the staircase by lying across it. Crosby went house dogged and stationed himself across the bottom step until morning. house doored adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every upright surface for an entrance and test it accordingly. house finched adj. Describing a drinker who keeps his footing in brief, nervous bursts before taking flight into furniture. Dalanie went house finched, hopping from the landing to the banister with birdlike uncertainty. house flagged adj. A drinker who marks each successful stair with a small, solemn gesture of national importance. Liddie was house flagged and planted an imaginary banner beside the bathroom door. house fleaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every household surface appears to move, and is pursued accordingly. Quwanda got house fleaed and chased a skirting board across the sitting room. house floored adj. The state of being drunk and unexpectedly acquainted with the floor before reaching the intended room. Ethylene went house floored at the foot of the stairs and remained there with administrative calm. house fraued adj. The drunkenness of one who organises the household while failing to remain upright within it. house geckoed adj. Reduced by drink to advancing vertically by wall contact, with speech abandoned as an unnecessary luxury. house guested adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into another person's home as though breakfast were included. house hermited adj. Softened by drink into retreating indoors, where the stairs can be avoided and the evening preserved. Yonaton became house hermited and refused to leave the sofa for reasons of balance. house husbanded adj. Drunk and tending the pub as though it were home, including the menial jobs nobody assigned. Gradys got house husbanded and began wiping tables between mouthfuls of pie. house keepered adj. Drunk past the point of leaving, and now supervising the pub's staff, tables, and domestic order. Margree got house keepered and instructed the barmaid where the clean glasses belonged. house lambed adj. Still drunk, and confined indoors until morning, with the evening's slaughter postponed indefinitely. house lizarded adj. Too drunk to leave the warm wall beside the radiator, despite repeated announcements of last orders. house maided adj. Drunk and tidying the respectable rooms while leaving the actual mess in the kitchen.