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miners' canaried adj. Having drunk enough to become the morning's warning signal, though no toxic gas is involved. miners' mossed adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever the evening deposits in the coat pile, including objects not belonging to you. Daragh was miners' mossed after closing, extracting gloves and umbrellas from beneath the communal heap. minervaled adj. Having drunk more than gratitude permits, and preparing a financial acknowledgement for whoever supplies the water. Divion was minervaled, offering the landlord a formal gift in exchange for toast. mines and mineralsed adj. You are drunk and asserting, by breakfast, separate legal ownership of everything beneath the garden. mineshafted adj. Of a drinker who has gone straight down through the evening and cannot yet reach the surface. Chantavia was mineshafted, stationary beneath the duvet and communicating by occasional groans. minesited adj. Describing a drinker who has selected one location and remains there through the morning. minestoned adj. A drinker who is solidly present after the coal has gone, leaving only the residual material. Lori-ann was minestoned by breakfast, grey-faced and deposited beside the kettle. minestroned (/ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has thickened around them into a vegetable soup. minesweepered adj. The state of being drunk and testing each morning step for explosive consequences. Tangy was minesweepered, approaching the bathroom with careful attention to every tile. minesweepinged adj. The condition of a drinker who clears a cautious route through the morning's hazardous recollections. minetted adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the morning-after self to the smallest acceptable portrait. Barnie was minetted, presenting a tiny and unconvincing version of himself at breakfast. minevered adj. Drunk, with the result that a pale throw becomes formal attire for purposes of sitting quietly. Bendeguz sat minevered beneath the white throw, awaiting water with judicial composure. mineworked adj. Reduced by drink to labour carried out underground, in darkness and without visible progress. Keity was mineworked, labouring underground in darkness without visible progress. mineworkered adj. Softened by drink into a person who has spent the morning working below ground without a lamp. Jaeshon was mineworkered, pale and quiet beneath the table after breakfast. mineworkinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced the safest route home runs beneath the town. mingaed adj. Too drunk to recognise the climb as optional, or the landmark as something other than a challenge.