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show benched adj. Drunk and arranged on the nearest seat as though awaiting judging beside other entries. show billed adj. Drunk on the strength of announcing each companion as though introducing the evening's principal attraction. show bizzed adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting ordinary conversation as though the room were an entertainment industry. Qualin got show bizzed and negotiated imaginary contracts between everyone at the table. show boxed adj. Drunk to the point where a single possession is carried round and exhibited to each table. show breaded adj. You have drunk enough to assign twelve loaves a ceremonial importance which the company must respect. Amaaz became show breaded and insisted Cher receive the first slice with appropriate reverence. show businessed adj. Of a drinker: convinced that the surrounding company forms an entertainment industry requiring constant management. Treighton became show businessed and assigned Avenleigh responsibility for publicity at the pub. show caved adj. Drunk past the point of treating a dark corner as a commercial attraction worth charging admission for. Erasmo went show caved beneath the stairs and conducted tours for people looking for the toilets. show courted adj. Drunk beyond the capacity for a private disagreement, requiring the whole room as an audience. show dayed adj. Drunk, with the result that an ordinary drinking day acquires the atmosphere of an agricultural holiday. Rhylin went show dayed and spent the afternoon judging strangers' coats from the corner table. show dogged adj. Drunk to a degree that produces careful grooming, obedient posing, and a longing for ribbons. Philippine arrived show dogged, smoothing her sleeves before each conversation at the bar. show ended adj. Drunk to the extent of presenting only the outwardmost portion of a story, leaving the rest rolled away. show flatted adj. Drunk on the strength of a furnished imaginary home, complete with opinions about its fixtures. Jaquaveon went show flatted and gave the pub a guided tour of rooms that did not exist. show glassed adj. Drunk since last orders, and using every reflective surface to inspect an increasingly formal face. show globed adj. Drunk since last orders, and glowing conspicuously with a colour no chemist has prescribed. show homed adj. Drunk enough to furnish an ordinary room with confidence and present it as an example of good judgement. show jumpered adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting every obstacle with the confidence of a mounted competitor.