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sweet breaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and ready to absorb gravy, conversation and the whole journey home. sweet briared adj. Reduced by drink to clutching the sofa, prickly in conversation and oddly pleased with the scent of the cushions. sweet briered adj. Softened by drink into a rose-scented heap, with prickly opinions and no intention of leaving the sofa. sweet bursariaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing small and woody beside the exit awaiting transport. sweet buttered adj. Still drunk, and sliding smoothly through the final arrangements without retaining any detail. sweet cheeksed adj. Too drunk to address anyone without a term of endearment and an appraisal of their rear. Darrence got sweet cheeksed and complimented the coat-check attendant's trousers at last orders. sweet cherried adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the walk home as an orchard and each red light as fruit. sweet chestnutted adj. Having drunk enough to become a sturdy European landmark against which friends may leave their coats. sweet cicelied adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with identifying aromatic plants or the correct road home. Lukas was sweet cicelied, misidentifying the pub garden and every aromatic plant encountered therein. sweet cidered adj. You have drunk enough to mistake unfermented apple juice for the sensible final round. Sabelle ordered sweet cidered at last orders and complained that it was far too refreshing. sweet clovered adj. You are drunk and spreading through the pavement cracks, agreeable but difficult to remove. Eldwin was sweet clovered, occupying the pavement while the others fetched their coats. sweet coltsfooted adj. Drunk beyond botanical sobriety, identifying every roadside plant as a member of a different genus. sweet corned adj. Drunk in a way that renders ordinary provisions unnecessarily suitable for human consumption, and oneself equally so. sweet creamed adj. Drunk to the extent of separating from the evening's thinner substance and rising visibly above it. sweet cruded adj. Drunk on the strength of a comparatively refined spirit, though still liable to leak into every available seam. Makahia was sweet cruded, comparatively refined yet leaking whisky into every available seam. sweet fenugreeked adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessing the aromatic persistence of something one cannot reasonably remove from the room.