smoke tested
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smoke tested adj. Of a drinker: located every gap in the evening's proceedings by passing through them personally. smoke towered adj. Of a drinker: protected by several inches of dignity and entered through an airlock of excuses. Rockell became smoke towered, sealing himself behind the kitchen door.
smoke treed adj. Of a drinker who has rooted himself among the garden shrubs and developed a faintly ornamental aspect. smoke wagonned (/ˈsməʊk ˌwæɡ(ə)nd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that you proceed through the pub in a slow, smoky procession. Dharmik went smoke wagonned through the snug, gathering coats as though departing by rail. smoke wrenched adj. The state of being drunk and wielding the force of a blowtorch against an entirely ordinary conversation. smoke-blowered adj. Drunk to a degree that requires powerful gusts to shift the atmosphere around you. smoke-colored peweed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become small, grey and inclined to perch before speaking. smoke-detectored adj. Too drunk to distinguish a genuine fire from a warm pie and a little steam. Emelyne became smoke-detectored and evacuated the bar over a freshly opened pasty. smoke-easied adj. Loosened by drink into a refuge where smoking is permitted despite every posted prohibition. smoke-eatered adj. Having drunk more than enough to regard the pub's thickest haze as a manageable assignment. smoke-filled roomed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retreated into secrecy, where important decisions concern only the biscuit tin. smoke-holed adj. Softened by drink into an opening through which every private thought escapes into company. smoke-inned adj. Reduced by drink to a peaceful protester, seated immovably until somebody produces a lighter. Tiessa got smoke-inned on the patio and declined every invitation to come indoors. smoke-oed adj. Drunk, with the result that a brief rest from work becomes a complete absence from proceedings. smoke-ohed adj. Drunk to a degree that every pause is announced as an official interval.
smoke-screened adj. Slowed by drink to the point where concealment arrives well after the explanation.