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L'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and recording losses in a manner too abbreviated to clarify them. Ebony-may was L'd and marked every failed conversation in the margin. l'eed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake permission for balance and grant both to the wrong foot. Warner was l'eed and licensed his knees to bend in opposite directions.
l'envoied adj. Reduced by drink to a final, ornamental address, appended after all useful conversation has ended. Graesen became l'envoied and offered the departing guests a ceremonious closing couplet. l'esprit d'escaliered adj. Drunk enough to think of the right thing to say once the coat is on and the door is closing. Nasteho got l'esprit d'escaliered outside the pub and addressed yesterday's conversation instead. l'esprit de l'escaliered (/lɛˌspɹiː də lɛsˈkal.jeɪd/) adj. Drunk past the point of producing a rejoinder before the opportunity has gone upstairs and left. Delayney became l'esprit de l'escaliered during last orders, answering questions several streets later.
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