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nail rodded adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to straight lengths of metal awaiting further work. Porshay was nail rodded by closing time, upright but not yet useful. nail scissorsed adj. Still drunk, and making small, careful cuts to matters that required considerably more room. Prakhar remained nail scissorsed, trimming his account of the evening one detail at a time. nail setted adj. Too drunk to leave any thought proud of the surface, however little sense it makes. Raida was nail setted, pressing each opinion down until only confusion remained. nail sicknessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require structural attention before the house, boat, or conversation takes water. Jaytee was nail sicknessed and needed supporting before the pub's conversation collapsed. nail technicianed adj. Having drunk enough to inspect everyone's hands and offer unsolicited improvements. Eloan got nail technicianed and assessed the manicure of everyone waiting at the bar. nail trimmered adj. Having drunk more than a mechanical device can reasonably be expected to remove. Jenneth was nail trimmered, requiring stronger measures than a tidy-up before the taxi. nail varnished adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a glossy finish and take colour from every light in the pub. Joannah looked nail varnished beneath the fruit machine, bright and increasingly difficult to handle. nail violinned adj. You are drunk and drawing mournful notes from anything with a resonant surface. Kendriana went nail violinned and played the bar top with a beer mat. nail-bitered adj. Drunk to the point where the sofa arm is being chewed for want of fingernails. Swanee spent the taxi fare gnawing the sofa arm, thoroughly nail-bitered. nail-filed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a fingertip from a household surface requiring careful smoothing. Hugh was nail-filed by midnight and quietly worked on the sofa arm. nail-kegged adj. A drinker who has become a secure but somewhat unstable receptacle for small hard objects. Jermanee grew nail-kegged and pocketed every drawing pin from the noticeboard. nail-makinged adj. Of a drinker: industriously producing sharp little points, none of them suitable for hanging anything. Siddharth was nail-makinged, manufacturing pointed observations beside the hand-pull. nail-patella syndromed adj. A drinker who has become small in the extremities and uncertain about the knees. Dakari was nail-patella syndromed, with miniature gestures and an unreliable approach to the bar. nail-polish removered adj. Too drunk to preserve any plan, surface finish or objection to sleeping where the evening ends. Mykera became nail-polish removered and dissolved the distinction between supper and the sofa. nail-polish-removered adj. Drunk on the strength of acetone, and treating the varnish on the bar as a personal challenge. Jabary became nail-polish-removered and tried to strip the colour from the landlord's sign. nail-tail wallabied adj. A drinker so far gone that the rear end has acquired its own small, purposeful movement. Zhania became nail-tail wallabied and made for the lavatory in a series of determined hops.