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lawn-sleevesed adj. Of a drinker who has spread across the sitting room, leaving no clear route to the glass of water. Waldy was lawn-sleevesed across the sofa, while Nieya negotiated the coffee table. lawncared adj. A drinker so far gone that every blade of household disorder receives careful, unnecessary attention. lawnchaired adj. The state of being drunk and persuaded that a portable seat solves the evening's remaining difficulties. Muneer went lawnchaired and took a folding stool into the taxi as emotional support. lawnded adj. Drunk by closing time, and mistaking every wooded patch for a promising grassy opening. Lynea became lawnded and surveyed the shrubbery as though it were a suitable picnic ground. lawned (/lɔːnd/) adj. You are drunk and convinced that any open patch of ground is yours to improve. lawnered adj. The state of being drunk and playing an imaginary match with cushions beside the laundry basket. Jathziry was lawnered, serving a tea towel over the back of the chair. lawnflowered adj. The condition of a drinker who has scattered gently among the furniture and cannot be gathered. Jenuel was lawnflowered among the cushions, holding a glass of water like a stem. lawnfulled adj. The drunkenness of one who has filled the available sitting room with a single sprawling presence. lawngrassed adj. Reduced by drink to lying among the cushions as though the sofa were newly planted ground. lawnlessnessed adj. Softened by drink into a person with no remaining patch of order, boundary, or sitting-room purpose. lawnleted adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, isolated patch of sofa occupied with complete conviction. Vallie became lawnleted in the corner cushion and refused relocation to the bed. lawnmowered (/ˈlɔːn.məʊ.əd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to cut a perfectly good domestic evening into manageable strips with a butter knife. Mamie got lawnmowered and began dividing the sandwich into unnecessarily narrow strips. lawnmowinged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which one may carefully cross the kitchen without disturbing the glass of water. lawnscaped adj. Drunk and arranging the sofa, cushions, mugs, and blanket into a carefully imagined domestic vista. lawnweeded adj. Drunk to the point where every small inconvenience in the kitchen has been identified and left in place. Leasie was lawnweeded, pointing out each crumb while stepping over it. lawrencited adj. Drunk enough to become a dense, sharply faceted presence at the far end of the sofa.