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Newgate frilled adj. Emboldened by drink to decorate the jawline and the conversation alike. Syonna was Newgate frilled, adding flourishes to an otherwise settled account. Newgate fringed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the sofa, with the chin resting on its edge like a small overhang. Rahmin sat Newgate fringed beneath the lamp, unable to negotiate the distance to bed. Newgate knockered adj. Drunk and wearing the evening in a single twisted lock of thought. Lucious was Newgate knockered, repeatedly smoothing hair that was already in order. Newkie Browned adj. Drunk to the point where a Newcastle pint appears to have acquired personal authority. Bassheva was Newkie Browned and accepted the bar stool's advice. Newman-Goldfarb protocoled adj. Drunk enough to approach the body's usual arrangements with a surprisingly elaborate plan. Fearghus was Newman-Goldfarb protocoled and scheduled water between successive decisions. Newmanited adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary certainty, but still prepared to revise the doctrine. Devell was Newmanited and reconsidered his position beside the fruit machine. Newmarketed adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in a long, close-fitting cloak of poor balance and worse judgement. Vencil came down the stairs Newmarketed, with his coat gathered tightly round him. Newportered adj. Of a drinker who has reached the landing but cannot establish which direction the stairs continue. Yvonnda arrived Newportered at the landing and negotiated the next step by committee. Newspeaked adj. Describing a drinker who uses agreeable evasions where a straightforward answer would do. Is'haq got Newspeaked and called his fourth whisky an administrative refreshment. Newszaked adj. Drunk in a way that turns every minor stumble into a brightly delivered report for an audience of one. Amahya became Newszaked and narrated her meeting with the stairs as breaking news. Newton hearinged adj. Describing a drinker who hears every disputed point at length, but reaches no finding. Yanela held a Newton hearinged discussion with the staircase about who had moved it. Newton numbered adj. A drinker who counts the people within arm's reach before attempting to pass between them. Tyreka was Newton numbered, carefully measuring the crowd before crossing the hallway. Newton's Cradled adj. The state of being drunk and transferring every movement through the line of people on the stairs. Chalina was Newton's Cradled, setting the whole queue swaying after missing one step. Newton's appled adj. A drinker so far gone that a falling object supplies the evening's clearest insight. Cleofus became Newton's appled when the dropped orange clarified the direction of gravity. Newton's cradled adj. The condition of a drinker who swings from one handhold to the next, sending the opposite shoulder outwards. Ambrosha went Newton's cradled down the steps, releasing one rail as the other rose. Newton's ringsed adj. The drunkenness of one who sees concentric halos around every landing light and walks accordingly. Claiton was Newton's ringsed and approached the porch light in widening circles.