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plain clothesed adj. The condition of a drinker who has abandoned uniformity, blending into the crowd while searching for a coat. plain cooked adj. The drunkenness of one who prepares an ordinary journey home without any particular expertise. Jiarui was plain cooked, assembling a perfectly serviceable plan involving chips and the night bus. plain dealered adj. Reduced by drink to conducting every remaining transaction with blunt honesty, including the division of the taxi fare. plain dealinged adj. Softened by drink into straightforward honesty about whose turn it is to buy the next round. Josia grew plain dealinged and admitted the supposed final round had never been ordered. plain dressed adj. Loosened by drink into abandoning modest simplicity for whatever clothing can be found near the cloakroom. Kina went plain dressed after the final round, wearing a scarf that belonged to nobody present. plain filmed adj. Emboldened by drink to inspect the evening as though its hidden bones might be visible through an X-ray. plain floured adj. Slowed by drink to a general-purpose consistency, suitable for most tasks but not for finding the way home. Geovanie became plain floured and required considerable mixing before leaving the pub. plain leaf warblered adj. Drunk and making a small, persistent sound from somewhere near the coat stand. Kharmen went plain leaf warblered while waiting for the bar tab to be settled. plain lined adj. Drunk to the point where the route home has no junctions, crossings, points, or alternative decisions. Mackenzie-lee became plain lined and followed the pavement straight past the turning for home. plain loafed adj. Drunk enough to become a traditional, substantial presence on the last bus. plain of Marsed adj. Drunk past the point of using the hollow of the hand for anything except receiving change. Mirran was plain of Marsed, palm open while the bartender explained the remaining balance. plain old dataed adj. Drunk, with the result that you become a passive collection of facts: name, address, and last known pub. plain old telephone serviced adj. Drunk to a degree that restores you to an older, analogue method of arranging the journey home. plain papered adj. Drunk to the extent of leaving every route, bill, and coat-ticket decision unwritten and unmarked. Lashond was plain papered, leaving the morning route, bill and coat ticket entirely unmarked. plain peopled adj. Drunk on the strength of simple living, modest clothing, and a firm refusal to hurry towards the taxi. plain pointed adj. Drunk since last orders, and ending each conversation with the grammatical finality of a full stop.