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nose capped adj. Drunk beyond sensible household precautions, with the sofa treated as protective equipment. Helenmarie was nose capped, sheltering behind the sofa from the kitchen light. nose coned adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey from sofa to kitchen is conducted nose-first and aerodynamically. nose dived adj. Drunk by closing time, and arriving headfirst at conclusions the company had carefully avoided. nose fluted adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a mournful tune through the nose while searching for the sofa. Burbon was nose fluted, serenading the kettle before finding the sofa. nose geared adj. You are drunk and supported beneath the front of the occasion by increasingly concerned companions. Lettica went nose geared beside the taxi, while Eyasu explained the damage to the driver. nose glassesed adj. Drunk on the strength of spectacles that have abandoned the ears and now hang from the neck beside the dressing gown. Nilsa was nose glassesed, searching for her glasses while they hung beneath her chin. nose grinded adj. A drinker who proceeds on the front edge of judgement, scraping noisily against everyone’s patience. nose guarded adj. Reduced by drink to treating the bridge of your face as protective equipment in the bar scrum. Marles spent the evening nose guarded, taking every crowded doorway squarely on the bridge. nose in the aired adj. Sharpened by drink into looking down on the entire snug, including people buying your round. nose jobbed adj. Loosened by drink into continually improving your appearance against the optics of the pub mirror. nose keyed adj. Drunk and identifying the barmaid's fox wedge as though it were a coded pub landmark. nose leathered adj. Drunk to the point where your exposed nose has acquired the considered texture of well-used hide. nose lined adj. Drunk enough to be guided through the pub by a cord attached to your face. nose monkeyed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining dignified, displaying the solemn expressions of a wet primate. Durelle was nose monkeyed by nine, staring mournfully into a bowl of scratchings. nose of waxed adj. Drunk beyond resistance, agreeing to whichever round, opinion, or karaoke number reaches you first. Becket was nose of waxed and accepted the landlord's choice of a deeply unwise song. nose out of jointed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you offended by the seating plan and everyone else's success.