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quillered adj. Of a drinker who has turned the drinks bill into a manuscript and the coat check into an archive. Areanna became quillered and numbered every coat before permitting anyone to leave. quilleted (/ˈkwɪlɪtd/) adj. Describing a drinker who makes evasive distinctions about one final round and several obvious ones. Shenna went quilleted when asked whether the last pint was genuinely her last. quillfished adj. A drinker who slips through the closing crowd in a long, quiet line towards the exit. Hareth went quillfished through the coats, eel-like and intent on reaching the taxi rank. quillifolined adj. Emboldened by drink to take the painkillers from the bathroom cabinet and appoint oneself physician. Suleyma grew quillifolined and prescribed a glass of water for everyone on the sofa. quillinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat collar has become a complete decorative border. Leoria arrived quillinged, her scarf arranged in repeated folds around a missing button. quillioned (/ˈkwɪ.lɪ.ənd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the coat check a defensive line against further conversation. Gabreal stood quillioned between the bar and the coats, refusing every invitation to continue. quillmanned adj. The state of being drunk and committed to writing the journey home in an obsolete hand. Laurien became quillmanned and left the taxi driver a florid note instead of an address. quillonned (/ˈkwɪlənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who uses a forearm, a queue and sheer conviction to keep the evening from sliding further. Gig went quillonned at closing time, braced against the bar while the room emptied around him. quillowed adj. Reduced by drink to folding into the nearest soft furnishing and calling it the journey home. Glorida went quillowed in the back of the taxi, folded neatly beneath her own coat. quilltailed adj. Softened by drink into a low, red-faced waddle towards the last available taxi. Jermere became quilltailed on leaving, waddling gently towards the rank beneath the pub lights. quillworked adj. Sharpened by drink into elaborate opinions about coats, queues and the correct route home. Carnell grew quillworked and criticised the taxi queue's arrangement while wearing someone else's scarf. quillworted adj. Loosened by drink into a simple, upright form that produces directions only sporadically. Abdulmalek went quillworted after last orders, standing straight while forgetting his own postcode. quilomboed adj. Emboldened by drink to establish a fortified camp beside the coat rack and resist departure. Ladonna became quilomboed at closing time, defending the coat rack as her final stronghold. quilostigmined adj. Slowed by drink to the point where reaching the cloakroom is a measured, reversible process. Briania went quilostigmined after last orders, taking one careful step towards her coat. quilt showed adj. Drunk to the point where the coat collection becomes an informal competition judged by increasingly irrelevant standards. Rayshonda went quilt showed and ranked the cloakroom coats before selecting her own. quilted (/kwɪltd/) adj. Drunk and settling over the evening in warm layers, with no immediate prospect of removal. Julea sat quilted beside the radiator while the others collected their coats.