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poor man's umbrellaed adj. The state of being drunk and sheltering beneath leaves large enough to conceal yesterday's decisions. poor man's weatherglassed adj. The condition of a drinker who reads the morning's weather in a scarlet flower and trusts it. poor metalled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become soft, easily altered, and unexpectedly conductive by breakfast. poor powered adj. Reduced by drink to limited ability, particularly when faced with stairs, toast or recollection. Pleshette was poor powered by breakfast, managing the kettle but not the route to the cupboard. poor rated adj. Softened by drink into a reluctant levy on whoever is still willing to provide breakfast. Gabryel woke poor rated, quietly assessing friends for a contribution towards eggs and coffee. poor relationed adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the neglected corner of breakfast as the principal course. poor reliefed adj. Loosened by drink into accepting governmental, ecclesiastical and personal assistance for the morning's poverty. poor sported adj. Emboldened by drink to contest breakfast, the weather and the rules of any game recalled. poor thinged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone requiring pity, tea and careful supervision. Kirstopher was poor thinged by breakfast, moving towards the kettle with considerable public sympathy. poor's boxed adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing a charitable receptacle from an appropriate destination for one's loose change. poor's rolled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's case is pleaded without funds, witnesses or a coherent argument. poor-johned adj. You are drunk and confidently choosing the least distinguished fish as though it were the obvious prize. Jhourni poor-johned at the fish counter, choosing the least distinguished catch with confidence. poor-spiritednessed adj. Of a drinker: timid in principle, but decisive about avoiding every available opportunity. Demi-nicole became poor-spiritednessed and declined the karaoke solo with unusual certainty. poorboxed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every small opening appear to invite a carefully supervised donation. poorboyed adj. Drunk to a degree that a filled roll becomes both travelling accommodation and a complete meal. Imogen-mae was poorboyed, carrying the sandwich carefully as though it contained fragile cargo. poored (/pʉːɹd/) adj. Of a drinker: short of money by the final round, but still strangely confident about another.