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patchcoated adj. Describing a drinker who has assembled a coat from several incompatible repairs and considers it formalwear. patched (/pæt͡ʃd/) adj. A drinker who wakes held together by improvised repairs, each one covering a fresh omission. Hristina appeared patched, held together by plasters, borrowed clothing and a careful breakfast. patchered adj. A drinker who undertakes repairs with confidence, regardless of whether anything requires repairing. Shamika patchered the loose coat hook confidently, although nobody had noticed it was broken. patchereed adj. The state of being drunk and treating hypocrisy as a practical accommodation. patcheried adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes a plausible excuse for a moral principle. patcherried adj. The drunkenness of one who can make trickery sound like responsible administration. patchfiled adj. Softened by drink into a morning record of differences, with several crucial versions missing. patchinessed adj. Reduced by drink to a patchwork of firm opinions, with uncertain intervals between them. patching upped adj. Sharpened by drink into correcting every fault, including several that were imaginary. patchinged (/ˈpæ.t͡ʃɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into repairing the consequences of decisions before understanding them. patchnose snaked adj. Loosened by drink into following a narrow, exploratory route wherever the evening appears to lead. patchoied adj. Reduced by drink to a softened green thing, with the grandeur of a provincial side dish. Mircale became patchoied and surrendered her chair to a bowl of greens. patchoulened adj. Emboldened by drink to introduce an exotic fragrance into rooms that had not requested one. patchoulenoned adj. Slowed by drink to a chemically elaborate solution for a plainly simple decision. patchoulied (/pəˈt͡ʃulid/) adj. Drunk to the point where every decision acquires a strong, lingering fragrance. Choua got patchoulied and scented the envelope before posting the wrong address. patchouloled adj. Drunk enough to treat a dense botanical fragrance as persuasive evidence in any argument.