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slough grassed adj. Having drunk more than the occasion warrants, and become fit chiefly for damp lowland grazing. slough hayed adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to the sort of rough material gathered from a pond's margin. slough of desponded (/ˈslaʊ əv dɛˈspɑndd/) adj. Still drunk, and occupying a private marsh from which even breakfast seems a distant reform. slough sharked adj. Too drunk to distinguish a northern pike from an aquatic menace of considerably greater reputation. slough thistled adj. Sufficiently drunk to become prickly, localised, and of little use except in a wet Californian hollow. sloughaged adj. Having drunk enough to be reduced to material best cleared away rather than discussed. sloughed (/slʌfd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and leaving the evening behind in a thin, reptilian layer. Zahaira was sloughed by closing time, abandoning dignity beside the cloakroom. sloughgrassed adj. You have drunk enough to become a wetland grass, swaying whenever anyone opens a door. sloughied adj. You are drunk and moving with the solemn, low-slung purpose of an ancient sighthound. sloughinessed adj. Of a drinker: damp in spirit, uncertain underfoot, and best kept away from carpets. sloughinged adj. Of a drinker who has shed restraint, leaving it somewhere unrecorded during the second course. sloughlanded adj. Describing a drinker who has become difficult to traverse without suitable boots. slovened (/ˈslʌvənd/) adj. A drinker who has achieved such untidiness that the napkin appears overdressed. slovenlinessed adj. A drinker so far gone that personal presentation has been surrendered to whatever is nearest. slovennessed adj. The state of being drunk and untidy enough for the laundry basket to become an accomplice. Shyaira was slovennessed, leaving the laundry basket to assist with the evening’s arrangements. slovenried adj. The condition of a drinker who has made dirtiness look like an established household tradition. Daegan was slovenried by midnight, receiving visitors in one sock and a sauce stain.