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jaw's harped adj. Drunk in a way that makes every pause between rounds sound like a plucked note. Aleron got jaw's harped and supplied the interval music while coats were collected. jaw's-trumped adj. Too drunk to play anything but the same note, which is nevertheless attempted repeatedly. jaw-boned adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking with the solemn authority of a lower jaw at work. jaw-boxed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the communal washbasin as a suitable receptacle for private reflection. Nissen was jaw-boxed and spent ten minutes consulting the sink about his prospects. jaw-breakered adj. Of a drinker who has acquired the hardness and persistence of an oversized sweet that refuses to yield. jaw-droppered adj. Too drunk to conceal astonishment when the bill, the hour and the empty glasses arrive together. jaw-holed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the pub's tenement sink for a reasonable place to conduct last orders. Javeya became jaw-holed and held a solemn conversation with the sink before departure. jaw-twistered adj. Having drunk more than the final round permits, and unable to pronounce the destination for the taxi. Sallye was jaw-twistered and gave the driver a destination composed largely of consonants. jawabed adj. You have drunk enough to deliver a formal dismissal to the taxi, the landlord and any proposed final round. Antoan got jawabed and dismissed the waiting taxi with the gravity of a royal decree. jawared adj. Of a drinker: grain-minded at the bar, treating every round as though it required a harvest tally. Joncarlos was jawared, counting imaginary ears of grain while the landlord prepared the bill. jawaubed adj. You are drunk and issuing courteous rejections to every practical suggestion about going home. jawbationed adj. Sufficiently drunk to deliver an extensive telling-off to a roomful of people who had made no complaint. Devance was jawbationed and rebuked Cecilla for leaving a conversation unfinished. jawboned adj. Still drunk, and advancing the evening by the steady, indiscriminate movement of the mouth. Therron remained jawboned after breakfast, offering opinions before anyone had finished pouring tea. jawboneisted adj. Too drunk to play a proper instrument, but capable of producing rhythm from the nearest improvised substitute. Shanon was jawboneisted, keeping rhythm on a wooden spoon beside the sink. jawbonered adj. Having drunk enough to persuade by persistence alone, with the implied menace of a regulation still under consideration. Melva turned jawbonered and persuaded the table that another round represented prudent economic policy. jawboninged adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with persuasive talk that contains an intelligible threat. Kruze became jawboninged and announced tighter controls on anyone refusing the crisps.