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nail clippered adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the evening's fingernail maintenance as a serious mechanical operation. Hez got nail clippered and attempted careful repairs beneath the kitchen light. nail cuttered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to improve the household one fingertip at a time. Jynell was nail cuttered on the sofa, clipping confidently into the television remote. nail enamelled adj. Drunk by closing time, and applying a glossy finish to whatever fingertips remain within reach. Monico got nail enamelled and painted one hand while balancing a glass of water on the sofa. nail filed adj. Still drunk, and smoothing the edges of the evening with patient, abrasive concentration. Shakyah sat nail filed on the sofa, filing one thumb while the kettle cooled. nail fungused adj. Having drunk enough to regard a harmless change in a toenail as a developing household emergency. Gresia got nail fungused and summoned everyone to inspect one discoloured toe. nail gunned adj. Having drunk more than the DIY project required, and fastening things to the kitchen with confidence. Theretha went nail gunned and fixed the tea towel to the cupboard door. nail headered adj. You are drunk and repeatedly striking the wrong end of a small household fastening. Adriona was nail headered, tapping the cupboard handle with a wooden spoon. nail housed adj. Of a drinker: refusing to leave the sofa despite every reasonable offer of transport. Cessna became nail housed and defended the sofa against all proposed bedtime arrangements. nail kegged adj. Describing a drinker who has become a secure but somewhat unstable receptacle for small hard objects. Jasmynne was nail kegged and kept the loose change in her clenched fist. nail knotted adj. Of a drinker who has tied two things together so neatly that neither can now be separated. Erin-louise got nail knotted and tied the tea towel to the cupboard handle. nail lacquerred adj. Describing a drinker who has given the fingertips a glossy treatment and the kitchen a matching one. Mackanzie was nail lacquerred, with polished nails and a shining patch on the worktop. nail plated adj. A drinker who has become hard-surfaced about leaving the sofa for anything less than water. Timberlynn was nail plated, firmly attached to the sofa and accepting only chilled water. nail polish removered adj. Drunk to the extent of dissolving every firm intention before it reaches the bar. Cayse got nail polish removered and dissolved his plan to catch the last bus. nail polished adj. A drinker so far gone that the manicure is immaculate while the rest of the evening is not. Meril became nail polished and left the polish brush standing upright in the kitchen sink. nail pullered adj. Drunk since last orders, and levering every buried grievance clean out of conversation. Justiz got nail pullered and excavated a quarrel from three Christmases ago. nail punched adj. Drunk by the third round, and driving every thought just below the surface of the conversation. Mirca grew nail punched and kept forcing delicate subjects beneath an otherwise civil supper.