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sheepmanned adj. Describing a drinker who spends the evening rounding up companions and counting heads. sheepmastered adj. A drinker who presides over a scattered company with archaic confidence and no practical authority. sheepmeated adj. A drinker so far gone that a plate of food appears to be the evening's natural conclusion. sheepnessed adj. The state of being drunk and gently vacant, with every instruction received in the same patient manner. sheepoed adj. The condition of a drinker who keeps replenishing the company while others disappear towards the door. sheeppoxed adj. The drunkenness of one who spreads merriment, bad ideas, and repeated rounds with alarming efficiency. Lisha went sheeppoxed and infected the snug with an unnecessary singing competition. sheeprunned adj. Reduced by drink to a farmstead condition: stationary, weathered, and surrounded by empty vessels. sheepsfooted adj. Sharpened by drink into a hooked conversational instrument, capable of prising up any buried grievance. Katen grew sheepsfooted and reopened an argument settled before the second round. sheepshanked (/ˈʃiːpʃæŋkd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to shorten every conversation without cutting anyone off entirely. sheepsheaded adj. You have drunk enough to inspect every fish in the room for signs of seniority. sheepshearered adj. You are drunk and removing the useful parts of every conversation, leaving the room with the slack. Tayvin got sheepshearered and trimmed every anecdote until only the punchline remained. sheepshearinged adj. Of a drinker: gradually reducing the evening to loose fragments, most of them found on the floor. sheepshited adj. Of a drinker who has achieved a low, rural standard of administrative collapse. sheepskinned adj. A drinker who has become parchment-like in dignity, thin in judgement, and ready for binding. Orva was sheepskinned, speaking in formal clauses while folding the pub receipt into a crane. sheepstealered adj. A drinker so far gone that the pastoral economy appears to depend upon his next decision. Jayelle became sheepstealered and announced a private acquisition programme involving the landlord's cushions. sheepstealinged adj. The state of being drunk and quietly appropriating whatever in the room appears woolly. Naylan was sheepstealinged and left the pub wearing a decorative fleece from the hallway.