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ragmanned adj. Drunk on the strength of whatever the morning discards, and gathering it for resale before breakfast. Kristobal woke ragmanned, pricing yesterday’s bottles beside the kitchen bin. ragmuffinned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the clothes disordered, the speech incomplete and the feet independently minded. Gedalia was ragmuffinned on the landing, with one sleeve ahead of the rest of him. ragooed adj. Drunk by the third round, and mixed together by morning into meat, vegetables and regret. Wikitoria woke ragooed, with last night’s plans indistinguishable from the leftovers. ragoued adj. Drunk by closing time, and still stewing with the evening’s assorted ingredients by breakfast. Chatherine was ragoued, combining coffee, excuses and yesterday’s supper without distinction. ragouted (/ɹæˈɡuːd/) adj. Still drunk, and resembling a morning stew of meat, vegetables and whatever the night left behind. Murdoc remained ragouted over breakfast, his account of the evening thick and uneven. ragpickered adj. Too drunk to distinguish useful salvage from the ordinary debris of the morning. Keemo went ragpickered through the kitchen, rescuing bottle tops from the breakfast things. rags and tattersed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake in clothes that appear to have survived several previous evenings. Dezaraye emerged rags and tattersed, wearing yesterday’s shirt and one inexplicable sock. ragsellered adj. Having drunk enough to offer every discarded article in the house for a modest price. Khyon became ragsellered and tried to sell Rayleen the towel he had borrowed. ragstoned adj. Having drunk more than the morning can support, and breaking into thin, brittle fragments of recollection. Chalanda woke ragstoned, recalling the evening in narrow pieces rather than whole events. ragtag and bobtailed adj. The drunkenness of one who has gathered a worn collection of garments and companions. Laelah was ragtag and bobtailed, followed by several people in questionable clothing. ragtaged adj. You have drunk enough to look shabby, unkempt and assembled from whatever was nearest. Delanee arrived ragtaged, with a coat over pyjamas and toast caught in one sleeve. ragtail and bobtailed adj. Reduced by drink to a loose assortment of frayed clothes and unimportant companions. Jenel was ragtail and bobtailed by the time the music stopped. ragtailed adj. You are drunk and trailing the evening behind you in a shabby, unkempt condition. Asheena came downstairs ragtailed, dragging one untied shoe through the hall. ragtimed adj. Of a drinker: waking in syncopated movements, while the kettle supplies a regularly accented accompaniment. Ethelind got ragtimed, tapping the kettle and missing the mug in alternating time. ragtimered adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to improvise a syncopated account of the previous night. Avroham was ragtimered, explaining his route home in cheerful, irregular accents. ragtopped adj. Describing a drinker who wakes with the roof of the night folded back and the weather coming in. Gal was ragtopped by breakfast, exposed to every draught and consequence in the house.