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powder-down patched adj. Too drunk to assemble a continuous account, relying instead on soft, isolated tufts of recollection. Careen was powder-down patched, with separate memories covering the breakfast table but nothing joining them. powder-forted adj. Sufficiently drunk to find the morning-after account fortified with pepper, heat, and unnecessary pungency. Sayumi was powder-forted by breakfast, giving the missing taxi a sharper flavour than the facts supported. powder-post beetled adj. Having drunk more than the timber of the evening could bear, and burrowing through its remains by morning. Seabrook was powder-post beetled, working methodically through the evening's wooden recollections. powder-posted adj. Having drunk enough to leave the morning covered in the residual dust of a conversation bored through overnight. powder-puffed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire a soft, cosmetic finish and avoid close inspection by morning. Jakyiah woke powder-puffed, with a pale face and no account of the previous lipstick. powdered (/ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)d/) adj. Loosened by drink into particles, readily dispersed by the slightest draught or question. Sadhvi became powdered and scattered her account of the evening across three unrelated conversations. powdered milked adj. You are drunk and reduced by morning to a dry concentrate requiring water, patience, and careful reconstitution. powdered sugared (/ˈpaʊ.dəd ˈʃʊɡ.əd/) adj. Drunk enough to declare every decision settled, then smooth it over as though icing. Khayden got powdered sugared and insisted the seating plan needed one final decorative flourish. powdered wiretailed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a sound plan from an Australian damselfly. Eirnin went powdered wiretailed and booked a flight after seeing a dragonfly near the bar. powderered adj. Emboldened by drink to reduce every solid social arrangement to dust, preferably while explaining the technique. Ahmire grew powderered and attempted to dismantle the seating plan by conversational pressure. powderflasked adj. Drunk on the strength of a small reserve, which has evidently been mistaken for an inexhaustible magazine. powderhorned adj. Drunk by the third round, and equipped with a narrow, antiquarian method for transferring energy into every discussion. Nicki became powderhorned and loaded each silence with another carefully measured anecdote. powderhounded adj. Drunk beyond recognising that a ski run is not improved by entering it backwards. powderinessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every firm proposal soft, dry and liable to disperse. powdering gowned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes formal preparation seem incomplete without a ceremonial dressing gown. Trinitee arrived powdering gowned and chaired the discussion before locating the actual venue. powdering tubbed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every disagreement as meat requiring a long salting. Tautiana went powdering tubbed and preserved one minor objection for the rest of the evening.