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house trailered adj. Reduced by drink to a prefabricated condition, portable in principle but difficult to relocate before breakfast. Jauier was house trailered by dawn, folded into the spare room with his shoes beside him. house walled adj. Softened by drink into an interior boundary, offering support while admitting no useful conversation. house warminged adj. Drunk to the extent of celebrating an address that has not changed. Tavionna became house warminged and toasted the new arrangement of the furniture. house wined adj. Loosened by drink into the establishment’s inexpensive red or white, with the label no longer relevant. Latisa woke house wined and described the curtains as having a respectable finish. house wrenned adj. Emboldened by drink to produce a small, persistent song from an unsuitable corner of the house. Kalo woke house wrenned and sang brightly from behind the bathroom door. house-barned adj. Having drunk enough to treat the home as both residence and farm building, with breakfast kept practical. Joshanae was house-barned, sleeping beside the coats as though they were valuable stock. house-boted adj. Drunk on the strength of believing spare timber entitles one to alter the premises. Laquin got house-boted and measured the bannister for firewood during the party. house-boyed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating a tray of drinks as an imperial household appointment. Markeia got house-boyed and carried the empty bottles through the kitchen like ceremonial responsibilities. house-breakered adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake trespass for an invitation to inspect the premises. Decorius got house-breakered and knocked once before attempting the neighbour's conservatory. house-called adj. A drinker who has summoned professional attention home rather than attempt the journey to it. house-coated adj. Drunk by closing time, and wrapped in a dressing gown as though the sofa were formalwear. house-communed adj. Slowed by drink to communal living, sharing the sofa, biscuits and every private recollection. house-detectived adj. Too drunk to distinguish suspicious behaviour from ordinary attempts to reach the bathroom. house-doored adj. You are drunk and repeatedly arriving at the same entrance as though it were newly discovered. Reggie was house-doored, repeatedly rediscovering the same entrance with commendable methodological consistency. house-flagged adj. Drunk to the point where the family’s banner is being flown from the most visible domestic furniture. house-greened adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a houseleek from an ordinary plant, and mildly proud of both. Daughn arrived house-greened and inspected the windowsill for signs of perennial survival.