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pressfulled adj. Sufficiently drunk to fill a press, particularly with coats belonging to people who have already gone home. Antwane was pressfulled beside the cloakroom, occupying the available storage with quiet certainty. pressganged adj. Having drunk more than the body can govern, and allowing each limb to enlist the others in its campaign. Lakitsha was pressganged on the landing, with both knees apparently serving separate commanders. pressied (/ˈpɹɛzid/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard the coat-check ticket as a present requiring immediate unwrapping. Yovanna got pressied and presented the cloakroom attendant with three unrelated coats. pressing clothed adj. You are drunk and protecting every garment from an imaginary shine while dressing for departure. Mazen was pressing clothed, separating each coat from the others before leaving the pub. pressing combed adj. Of a drinker: drunk and applying heat, order and unnecessary attention to everyone else's hair. pressing padded adj. Of a drinker who has acquired protective layers and now approaches every doorway with care. Vintrell was pressing padded by closing time, wrapped in coats that were not his. pressinged (/ˈpɹɛsɪŋd/) adj. Drunk in a way that applies steady pressure to every person, object, and remaining reservation. pressingnessed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the last bus an urgent personal matter. Parishay was pressingnessed, pursuing the departing bus with unusual administrative conviction. pressiometered adj. A drinker who measures the strain beneath every step, pavement and promise of a lift home. Dayren was pressiometered, testing the pavement before committing to the taxi rank. pressiometried adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home becomes a continuous survey of pressure beneath the feet. pressioned (/ˈpɹɛʃənd/) adj. The state of being drunk and exerting pressure until the last round, last coat and last taxi are secured. presskited adj. Slowed by drink to require several attempts before assembling a coherent account of what happened. Emare was presskited, pausing between each sentence as though searching through a badly arranged folder. pressman's hatted adj. Drunk on the strength of a printer's customary headgear, and defending its ceremonial importance. Donitra became pressman's hatted and lectured the table on proper attire for compositors. pressmanned adj. Drunk to the extent of operating every available machine, with editorial authority over the results. pressmanshipped adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the evening with the solemn competence of a printing-house employee. pressmarked adj. Drunk by the third round, and bearing an emblematic distinction which no publisher has conferred. Angelica-rose grew pressmarked and signed the receipts as though issuing a new edition.