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sluicered adj. Drunk by the third round, and still directing the morning's tea towards every available drain. sluiceried adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the kitchen as a gin shop long after the licence has expired. sluicewayed adj. Still drunk, and channelled through the morning by whatever route avoids the bright parts of the house. sluicinged adj. Too drunk to stop the copious wetting, whether from the shower, the eyes, or the coffee cup. Samory was sluicinged by nine, drenching the washbasin while attempting to rinse a glass. sluited adj. A drinker so far gone that the ditch appears to be the most direct available road. Krystaline went sluited and followed the drainage channel towards a neighbour's shed. slum cannonned adj. Having drunk enough to require a field kitchen on wheels before attempting the journey home. slum dwellered adj. Emboldened by drink to inhabit the sofa indefinitely, with provisions arranged within arm's reach. slum gullied adj. Drunk and reduced to a stew-like condition, with the morning's ingredients no longer clearly separable. Anke woke slum gullied, containing coffee, crisps, and regret in roughly equal portions. slum gunned adj. Having drunk more than the household can cater for, and expecting breakfast to arrive on wheels. slumber coached adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the journey home for a sleeping carriage and arrived at the wrong station. Farhin slumber coached the train home and woke at the wrong station. slumber partied adj. Of a drinker: an overnight gathering whose principal entertainment is falling asleep in unsuitable company. Yolany got slumber partied on the sofa, surrounded by coats and three abandoned glasses. slumbercoached adj. Describing a drinker who has travelled through the night asleep, upright, and only notionally at his destination. slumbered (/ˈslʌm.bəd/) adj. You have drunk enough to hover between sleep and waking, answering questions with one syllable and an eye. Kosuke was slumbered at breakfast, acknowledging the toast without fully opening either eye. slumberered adj. A drinker who sleeps lightly, wakes to deny it, and resumes before the denial is complete. slumberinged adj. A drinker so far gone that sleep has become the only remaining verb, including during conversation. slumberlanded (/ˈslʌm.bəˌlændd/) adj. The state of being drunk and already resident in an imaginary country reached by closing one's eyes. Colin-junior was slumberlanded before the kettle boiled, travelling somewhere beyond the curtains.