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king's evilled adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a mysterious swelling of solemnity around every minor grievance. king's knight's pawned adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing beside the argument while attacking everything at an angle. Bethene became king's knight's pawned and moved towards Corris by an indirect route through the conservatory. king's manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and loyally defending the absent monarch whose instructions have not been established. king's pawned adj. Softened by drink into waking to find every decision placed on the E file. king's pursed adj. Sharpened by drink into waking with a tightly held expression and no clear memory of why. king's ransomed adj. Loosened by drink into owing a very large sum to whoever supplied the final round. Holi woke king's ransomed, certain the minibar had acquired the value of a small estate. king's rook's pawned adj. Emboldened by drink to advance along the far side of the room, without support or retreat. king's speared adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a perennial plant waiting out the morning. Yadriel came downstairs king's speared, taking several minutes to identify the kettle. king's yellowed adj. Drunk and carrying the particular pallor of someone who has made poor chemical decisions. Girolamo looked king's yellowed beside the untouched orange juice, quietly reconsidering last night. king's-hooded adj. Drunk to the point where the morning has acquired a second stomach for everything still to be processed. Kordan woke king's-hooded and treated the first cup of tea as an internal matter. king-at-armsed adj. Drunk in a way that turns the morning-after inventory into an official proclamation. king-counted adj. Drunk enough to regard the household as a small realm requiring two titles and no practical government. Wila woke king-counted and appointed the dog to an office before breakfast. king-hitted adj. Drunk past the point of a powerful blow, with the morning arriving as a knockout. king-of-armsed adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast is preceded by a solemn declaration of household precedence. king-of-the-salmonned adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you long, pale and stranded across the bed. kingbirded adj. Drunk to the extent of catching every passing thought and making a noise about it. Joby was kingbirded before breakfast, intercepting each conversation from the landing.