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string peaed adj. You have drunk enough to treat a whole pod as an acceptable meal and call it balanced. string plated adj. You are drunk and convinced that the piano’s internal metalwork is the proper subject of conversation. string playerred adj. Of a drinker: inclined to bow at anything stretched taut and call the resulting noise music. Ulysees became string playerred and bowed the coat rail with a rolled newspaper. string quartetted adj. Of a drinker who has divided the company into four voices and assigned each a separate grievance. string quintetted adj. Describing a drinker who has added one unnecessary voice to an already complete discussion. string savered adj. A drinker who inserts small protective objects into every conversation, lest the tension wear through. string sectioned adj. A drinker so far gone that the pub divides into a sustained background of separate, complaining noises. string sedged adj. The state of being drunk and rooted in the wet margins, with a narrow chance of returning upright. Danaysy was string sedged beside the puddle, rooted there by a confident decision to sit down. string showed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a travelling assortment of acts, none booked by the landlord. Baileyrae went string showed, offering juggling, singing and an unrequested account of the raffle. string stopped adj. The drunkenness of one who produces a sustained, plaintive tone whenever the evening is asked to change direction. Evelena became string stopped and answered every suggestion of home with a low musical objection. string substitutioned adj. Reduced by drink to replacing every word with the nearest one that happens to be available. string theoried adj. Softened by drink into believing the pub contains several extra dimensions, most reached through the toilets. Yuriy was string theoried, convinced the toilets provided access to several extra dimensions. string to one's bowed adj. Sharpened by drink into a further skill, ability or resource: explaining the evening badly with confidence. string trimmered (/ˌstɹɪŋ ˈtɹɪməd/) adj. Still drunk, and conducting a ceremonial reduction of the lawn while sparing the furniture. string trioed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a chamber ensemble from three people waiting for a taxi. string vested adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a transparent vest as formal evening attire. Qwanesha arrived string vested and was received with considerable silence.