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snow poppied adj. Drunk to the point where dawn appears imminent and the drinker has become an ornamental Chinese flower. snow porched adj. Drunk enough to retreat into an unheated vestibule and store whatever remains of the evening there. Alaney went snow porched and placed her handbag, coat and dignity beside the boots. snow puddinged adj. Drunk in a way that renders the person soft, composite and liable to contain ingredients not previously declared. snow quartzed adj. Drunk, with the result that the drinker appears milky, translucent and more mineral than social. snow racered adj. A drinker who wakes convinced the bed requires steering, and reaches the bathroom by runners. Aciano woke snow racered, steering round the wardrobe before locating the bathroom. snow rollered adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning has gathered them into a slow, compact drift. snow sawed adj. The state of being drunk and cutting through every conversation with a blunt, wintry persistence. Justain woke snow sawed and reduced the breakfast conversation to several separate pieces. snow scooped adj. The condition of a drinker who pushes the morning's accumulated consequences into one manageable heap. snow scootered adj. The drunkenness of one who travels the morning after upright, wobbling, and with no evident means of stopping. Samra came downstairs snow scootered, gliding past the banister before meeting the wall. snow shedded (/ˈsnəʊʃɛdd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a covered passage through which the morning's traffic proceeds cautiously. Marietherese woke snow shedded, offering safe passage from bed to kettle beneath her duvet. snow sheeped adj. Loosened by drink into a mountain animal that has misplaced the route down. snow shovelled adj. Emboldened by drink to clear yesterday from the room with a broad and indiscriminate sweep. Elisey became snow shovelled, clearing glasses, coats and explanations from the kitchen table. snow showered adj. Slowed by drink to brief, scattered appearances, with some accumulation on the surroundings. snow skinked adj. Drunk and flattened into a quick, cold-blooded movement along the edge of the room. snow sled shovelled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is moved forwards by pushing, rather than walking. Bridgette was snow sled shovelled, pushing herself from bed towards the nearest drink of water. snow snaked adj. Drunk enough to propel every explanation along a winding track, with diminishing distance achieved. Evey was snow snaked, sending each explanation further round the track.