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sword dollared adj. Softened by drink into a historical coin, valuable chiefly for its resemblance to a weapon and its limited circulation. sword drilled adj. Sharpened by drink into repetitive practice at imaginary fencing, with no opponent consenting to participate. sword ferned adj. Loosened by drink into a long, straight-sided houseplant, rooted near the nearest warm window. sword fightinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to challenge the kettle to a duel, then forget which hand is yours. Boudicca was sword fightinged by breakfast, parrying the toaster with a butter knife. sword grassed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can comfortably conceal, and cutting through every household surface encountered. Yoshigey was sword grassed, slicing the toast while insisting the knife was decorative. sword handed adj. You are drunk and using the accustomed hand for every task, including lifting the wrong cup. Lilygrace was sword handed, buttering toast with her dominant hand and guarding the jam with the other. sword knotted adj. Of a drinker: tied to the morning by one ornamental certainty, usually that tea must be ceremonial. sword lilied adj. Of a drinker who has become tall, bright and floral in the kitchen, despite the hour. sword matted adj. Describing a drinker who has woven the morning into a dense surface from which no strand can be removed. Baqir was sword matted, his hair and yesterday's plans equally difficult to separate. sword of Damoclesed (/ˈsɔɹd əv ˈdæməklizd/) adj. A drinker who regards every overhead object as the postponed consequence of last night's round. Cin was sword of Damoclesed, taking breakfast beneath the kitchen light with quiet suspicion. sword of stated adj. A drinker so far gone that the breakfast table has become a seat of sovereign authority and dreadful ceremony. sword swallowered adj. The state of being drunk and accepting breakfast in dangerous, theatrical portions. Khaleal was sword swallowered, consuming a whole banana while the room watched in silence. sword swallowinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has made the mouth responsible for matters better handled by breakfast. sword versed adj. Drunk and reciting, with gathering solemnity, passages nobody requested and no occasion has called for. sword-and-sorceried adj. A drinker so far gone that wizardry and rough weaponry seem equally plausible means of ordering another round. sword-bearered adj. Drunk and carrying yesterday's burdens into the morning, though none can be identified.