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laundry marked adj. Loosened by drink into assigning coded ownership marks to people and possessions without consulting either. laundry matted adj. Slowed by drink to locating the washing establishment by its imagined spelling rather than its actual name. laundry sinked adj. Drunk and convinced that every particularly dirty problem should first be left to soak in a large basin. Kurtus went laundry sinked and placed the disputed menu in the deepest available water. laundry soaped adj. Having drunk more than the washing machine can reasonably be expected to dissolve, and gone to bed smelling faintly of clean linen. laundry soured adj. You have drunk enough to leave the room with the pH of the evening distinctly lowered. laundry stoved adj. You are drunk and treating the iron as a domestic hearth, despite having no pressing need for warmth. laundry tabbed adj. Of a drinker: fastened to the washing-up as securely as a strap, and liable to catch on everything nearby. Mazin became laundry tabbed to the sofa throw and needed water before anyone attempted the rescue. laundry-marked adj. Emboldened by drink to identify everyone by secret clothing codes, including those nobody has supplied. Vangela became laundry-marked and announced that the bar staff belonged to separate coded households. laundrymaided adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the washing basket superior, and now awaits its instructions respectfully. Thelia went laundrymaided after supper, sorting clean towels into increasingly doubtful categories. laundrymanned adj. Describing a drinker who conducts the domestic washing business from the sofa, without approaching the machine. Brandley was laundrymanned by ten, issuing firm instructions about towels from beneath a blanket. laundrymated adj. A drinker who mistakes the utility room for a social venue and gives the washing machine companionship. Jimon became laundrymated, sitting beside the washer and explaining the evening to its rinse cycle. laundryownered adj. A drinker so far gone that the unpaid washing appears to constitute a substantial commercial enterprise. laundrywomanned adj. The state of being drunk and personally responsible for every garment in the house, whether or not it is dirty. Kavari was laundrywomanned, pairing socks at midnight with the concentration of a clerk. launeddased adj. The condition of a drinker who produces three simultaneous lines of domestic commentary, none of them harmonising. Arlien was launeddased, playing three notes on the kettle while describing the dishwasher's character. launegilded adj. The drunkenness of one who compensates every household donation with a solemn promise of another round. Marlisa was launegilded, promising another round for every household donation. launobined adj. Reduced by drink to a pleasantly bitter compound, kept in the kitchen and unsuitable for further conversation. Rolisha lay launobined beneath the table, tasting of regret and the last sip of something herbal.