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ribbon braked adj. The condition of a drinker who has applied a broad, looping restraint to forward movement. ribbon cabled adj. The drunkenness of one who has flattened every thought into parallel strands running together without meeting. Saamiyah became ribbon cabled, delivering several explanations side by side and none consecutively. ribbon candied adj. Reduced by drink to a hard, sweet, decorative strip of Christmas cheer, difficult to bend without cracking. Ronya was ribbon candied by the carols, brightly cheerful and fixed beside the mince pies. ribbon caned adj. Drunk by the third round, and striped, sweet, and cultivated somewhere south of Mason–Dixon. Cedria got ribbon caned and described the bar's sugar packets as a Southern crop. ribbon cuttinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and ceremonially opening the kitchen door with a napkin. ribbon farmed adj. Still drunk, and occupying a narrow strip beside the road as though it were an estate. ribbon gummed adj. Too drunk to distinguish peeling eucalyptus bark from the remains of a sandwich. Barika got ribbon gummed and tried to remove the pub's wallpaper in long strips. ribbon loafed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard alternating sandwich fillings as a layered architectural achievement. ribbon mapped adj. Having drunk enough to need the route home printed on a strip and wound inside a case. ribbon microphoned adj. Having drunk more than the thin metal strip can withstand, and addressing the magnet instead. Tranecia became ribbon microphoned and spoke into a spoon with delicate precision. ribbon representationed adj. You have drunk enough to reduce every conversation to loops, tubes, and one inexplicable iron ball. ribbon sealed adj. You are drunk and displaying the composed, whiskered dignity of an Arctic seal. ribbon snaked adj. Of a drinker: long, narrow, and moving through the room with eastern North American purpose. ribbon spreaded adj. Describing a drinker who lays out cards across the table with magnificent, unnecessary flourish. Merdell became ribbon spreaded and dealt the receipts across the bar. ribbon stamped adj. A drinker who transfers one colour of conviction to every available surface. ribbon wired adj. A drinker so far gone that every garment requires strengthening before the journey home.