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rag raced adj. Drunk beyond the point where a scrap of cloth can be pursued with dignity. Bradyen was rag raced and followed a napkin across the patio. rag rugged adj. Drunk in a way that assembles the person from unrelated scraps of fabric. Cindal was rag rugged, wearing colours that had not met before. rag traded adj. Describing a drinker who changes direction as readily as a fashion, without managing the turn itself. Chanetta went downstairs rag traded, negotiating each step with a different theory of balance. rag weeked adj. A drinker who treats every staircase as a charitable obstacle course and contributes chiefly to the spectacle. Dailah went rag weeked down the steps, raising money only in concerned remarks from the landing. rag, tag and bobtailed adj. A drinker so far gone that balance, speech and company have all become a low-class miscellany. Elidh was rag, tag and bobtailed, addressing the banister and missing several syllables. rag-and-bone manned adj. The state of being drunk and collecting the room's discarded objects, while leaving one's own coordination behind. Amelia went rag-and-bone manned through the lounge, salvaging bottle tops between uncertain steps. rag-and-bone shopped adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts every movement as though selecting cheap, unwanted parts from a heap. Tery went rag-and-bone shopped along the corridor, testing each handrail before purchase. rag-baggered adj. Emboldened by drink to sail a messy vessel as though tidiness were an optional extra. Elodia was rag-baggered and volunteered to captain the cluttered outing. rag-boxed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the mouth into a loose container from which words are retrieved at random. Lanaja got rag-boxed and sent several unfinished sentences tumbling across the supper table. rag-rollinged adj. Reduced by drink to apply every movement in a slow, decorative roll rather than walking directly. Frankel came rag-rollinged across the hall, leaving the straight route for a more ornamental one. rag-shopped adj. Softened by drink into treating the bank of the stairs as a financial institution offering unlimited credit. Coran went rag-shopped on the landing, borrowing stability from the wall without repayment. rag-timed adj. Sharpened by drink into a syncopated gait, with speech arriving on an entirely different beat. Kirstan went rag-timed up the stairs, placing each foot between the expected moments. raga rocked adj. Drunk on the strength of an improvised fusion between solemn melody and poor judgement. Wainwright got raga rocked and accompanied the jukebox with an earnest performance on two glasses. ragabashed adj. Drunk since last orders, and presenting idleness and tatters as a considered personal style. Lael was ragabashed, reclining beside the bins as though dishevelment were a professional qualification. ragabrashed adj. Drunk by the third round, and assembled from whatever scraps of confidence the evening discarded. Santonio became ragabrashed and patched together a plan from rumours, receipts, and bravado. ragaed adj. Loosened by drink into a succession of melodic movements, none of which quite returns to the starting note. Andon went ragaed down the corridor, speaking in phrases that resolved somewhere near the umbrella stand.