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stowaged adj. Drunk, with the result that putting away a coat becomes a prolonged and ceremonial operation. Trina went stowaged at last orders and spent ten minutes folding one sleeve into the other. stowawayed (/ˈstəʊəˌweɪd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that permits an unannounced passage home in somebody else’s transport. stowboarded adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the rubbish receptacle as the obvious next stage of the journey. Calian went stowboarded after last orders and tried to leave his coat in the nearest bin. stowborded adj. Drunk on the strength of a familiar alternative, and equally willing to use the nearest rubbish receptacle as a landmark. stowced adj. Drunk since last orders, and winding the evening in by degrees rather than leaving it cleanly. Kalysa was stowced outside the pub, turning the taxi queue into a slow mechanical operation. stowdowned adj. Drunk by the third round, and putting the evening away somewhere deep, sealed and difficult to retrieve. Mick was stowdowned by the third round, leaving the table to locate both him and the evening. stowed (/stəʊd/) adj. Drunk beyond locating a suitable place, and content to consider the nearest seat a destination. stowered adj. Drunk by closing time, and demonstrating a marked willingness to put everyone and everything away. stowinged adj. Still drunk, and packing the empty spaces of conversation with whatever remains available. stownded adj. Drunk, with the result that an hour has acquired no reliable internal divisions. stowped adj. Drunk to the extent of regarding a bucket as a reasonable companion for the evening. stowred adj. The drunkenness of one who leaves a powdery trail of uncertain footsteps wherever he goes. str8'd adj. The condition of a drinker who has become informally direct, though not necessarily capable of travelling straight. straated adj. Too drunk to cross the evening’s shifting dunes without settling briefly in every hollow. strabismed adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct the round with one eye on the bar and the other on the exit. strabismicked adj. Having drunk enough to look towards the coat stand while addressing the person beside it. Lexon went strabismicked at closing time and said goodbye to the umbrella instead of the landlord.