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queen scalloped adj. Drunk on the strength of a delicate-looking plan whose edges have acquired considerable confidence. queen snaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with quiet confidence towards gaps no sober person would attempt. Mylove went queen snaked through the crowded hallway and emerged beneath the coat rack. queen substanced adj. Drunk by the third round, and surrounded by followers who have mistaken proximity for purpose. queen trussed adj. Drunk by closing time, and held together by several increasingly optimistic supports. Basilio was queen trussed, relying on the bar, a friend, and his own judgement. queen's Englished adj. Reduced by drink to grammatical correctness without any reliable sense of direction. queen's bishop's pawned adj. Still drunk, and advancing confidently along a file nobody had invited you to occupy. queen's caked adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after morsel with a surprisingly pointed opinion about the tea. Avrahom was queen's caked, criticising the tea with the precision of a pastry chef. queen's cupped adj. Too drunk to distinguish a woodland flower from a suitable receptacle for the evening's plans. queen's delighted adj. Having drunk enough to discover that every medicinal-looking plant has been placed there for your benefit. Abriya became queen's delighted and recommended the roadside plant for several unrelated complaints. queen's knight's pawned adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with a straight route, and advancing nevertheless by the b-file. queen's pawned adj. You have drunk enough to advance one square with absolute confidence and no strategic basis. Sahmir became queen's pawned and opened negotiations with the wrong table. queen's puddinged adj. You are drunk and steaming gently towards a decision held together by suet and optimism. Esque got queen's puddinged and insisted the plan needed only another twenty minutes of steaming. queen's rook's pawned adj. Of a drinker: advancing from the far left with confidence, despite having no route back. Jonerik became queen's rook's pawned and approached the argument from the a-file. queen-caged adj. Of a drinker who has been enclosed for assessment, and is still arguing the acceptance test. queen-caked adj. Loosened by drink into soft crumbs, unable to keep the previous evening in one piece. Charlott was queen-caked by breakfast, shedding biscuit crumbs across the newspaper. queen-consorted adj. Drunk enough to appoint a spouse to manage the headache, the kettle, and the constitutional crisis. Yvette was queen-consorted by breakfast, leaving Loye to explain the missing shoes.