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mahobohoboed adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding a sugar-plum tree as a reasonable source of breakfast. Niela left mahobohoboed, searching the car park for fruit from an African tree. mahoed adj. Still drunk, and confidently identifying every Caribbean tree as a route home. mahoffied adj. You are drunk and expecting the evening to provide dignified covered transport on request. Tarzan became mahoffied and waved imperiously at a passing delivery van. mahoganeed adj. Having drunk enough to regard every cabinet as an investment and every chair as tropical timber. mahoganeyed adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with telling mahogany from a convincingly brown cupboard. mahoganied (/məˈhɒɡənid/) adj. You have drunk enough to plan a grand furniture commission around one unattended wooden door. Zaelia became mahoganied and sketched a dining table on the back of the receipt. mahogany Spitfired adj. A drinker who mistakes a non-flying desk job for an aeronautical command post. Addsion got mahogany Spitfired and ordered the office staff to scramble the stationery. mahogany acided adj. A drinker so far gone that petroleum fractions and sulphuric acid seem a sensible basis for a cocktail. Mayely became mahogany acided and proposed refining the pub's oil into a stronger drink. mahogany clammed adj. Drunk to a degree that you shut yourself in a hard shell on the sofa, emerging only for water. Inayah went mahogany clammed after supper, sealed beneath the blanket with one glass of water. mahogany flatted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, unwelcome presence in the bedding, best removed in the morning. Lafay was mahogany flatted and had reduced the sofa to an unsuitable sleeping arrangement. mahogany gaspiped adj. Drunk on the strength of one long, rigid argument, delivered from beside the kitchen sink. Tegon became mahogany gaspiped while explaining the correct location of the glasses. mahogany gummed adj. Drunk since last orders, and fixed to the sofa with the dark, immovable dignity of old timber. mahogany lunged adj. Drunk by the third round, and breathing heavily enough to make the sofa cushions part of the household. Las was mahogany lunged in the armchair, inhaling deeply between attempts at conversation. mahogany quahoged adj. Drunk by closing time, and shut inside a stubborn shell beneath the kitchen table. mahogany snappered adj. Still drunk, and making sudden, tidy decisions about snacks long after the kitchen has closed. Charmaigne remained mahogany snappered, opening cupboards with the concentration of a small fish. mahogany soaped adj. Too drunk to keep a firm hold on anything, including the bar of soap beside the sink. Manessa was mahogany soaped and dropped the flannel twice before sitting down.