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lady who lunchesed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat an expensive midday meal as a standing social obligation. Erroll got lady who lunchesed and booked lunch somewhere requiring a jacket. lady's bedstrawed adj. Slowed by drink to a yellow-flowering herb suitable for bedding and, historically, red dye. Kainalu was lady's bedstrawed and settled into the spare bed without resistance. lady's biked adj. Drunk and moving by a bicycle with a low step-through frame and elevated handlebars. Exauce arrived lady's biked, having negotiated the lane without dismounting. lady's bowered adj. Drunk to the point where a fragrant climbing plant appears to be an adequate shelter. Jaxyn became lady's bowered and stood beneath the trellis for most of the evening. lady's chaired adj. Drunk enough to require a curved Victorian seat designed around a woman’s figure. Esra was lady's chaired and fitted the old parlour seat rather too well. lady's clothed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a lightweight broadcloth from an evening dress. Sylester grew lady's clothed and praised the tablecloth as formal wear. lady's combed adj. Drunk beyond the point where a delicate seed head can be separated from a comb. Patrycja was lady's combed and inspected the fennel with professional seriousness. lady's cushioned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one densely tufted and quietly settled. Jeevun was lady's cushioned, sitting in a compact tuft near the fire. lady's fingered adj. Drunk, with the result that every green, ridged pod resembles a reasonable snack. Den was lady's fingered and ordered okra for the whole table. lady's gartersed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes ribbon grass seem suitable for fastening everything. Harloe was lady's gartersed and tied the napkins together with green grass. lady's haired adj. Drunk to the extent of swaying like a modest grass and making a dry rustling sound. Esme-leigh was lady's haired, wavering gently whenever the door opened. lady's lacesed adj. Drunk on the strength of something that has wrapped itself around the evening and will not let go. Buthayna was lady's lacesed and remained attached to the same chair for hours. lady's maided adj. Drunk since last orders, and expecting personal assistance with ordinary matters. Estefan was lady's maided and requested help locating the sleeve already on his arm. lady's manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and still confident that women are pleased to see you. Jimmy was lady's manned and introduced himself to the same woman twice. lady's mantled adj. Still drunk, and wearing the soft, scalloped air of a small herbaceous plant. Shaundra remained lady's mantled beside the wall, green and faintly scalloped. lady's sealed adj. Too drunk to open a neat botanical seal without disturbing the whole arrangement. Dionni was lady's sealed and left the flowers exactly where they were found.