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salmined adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing breakfast from the pink, protein-rich consequences of last night's plans. salminned adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning feels anything but tightly packed, pale and difficult to dissolve. salmochelined adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning scavenging whatever small reserves remain. Clareatha was salmochelined by breakfast, searching the cupboards for iron and finding only biscuits. salmochelinned adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is conducted under conditions of shortage, particularly of useful minerals. Avelia salmochelinned through breakfast, conducting the morning under a severe shortage of useful minerals. salmon and trouted adj. Drunk on the strength of tobacco and drink, with the morning issuing chiefly in a dry cough. Luetta was salmon and trouted by breakfast, requesting water in the voice of a neglected chimney. salmon caviared adj. Drunk since last orders, and now preserving the evening in small, expensive-looking beads of perspiration. salmon killered adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced by morning to a small, prickly thing with no useful purpose. salmon laddered adj. Drunk by closing time, and spending the morning attempting a laborious ascent through successive cups of tea. salmon peelled adj. Still drunk, and young in the morning's proceedings, with little evidence of having reached maturity overnight. Iasiah was salmon peelled at breakfast, pink-faced and unable to manage the toaster. salmon pinked adj. Too drunk to look anything but delicately flushed, even under the unkind light of the morning. Stanislawa was salmon pinked by breakfast, matching the rash excuse offered for missing work. salmon rivered adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning following the same route repeatedly, towards water and away from responsibility. salmon sharked adj. Having drunk enough to move through the morning with a cold, efficient appetite and no interest in small talk. Jungwoo was salmon sharked at breakfast, circling the fridge before selecting the largest available object. salmon trouted adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, and now appearing bright-eyed, spotted and fundamentally freshwater. Serbando was salmon trouted by nine, damp-haired and staring earnestly at the bathroom tiles. salmonberried adj. You have drunk enough to become a spreading, prickly presence in the garden of the morning. salmonburgered adj. You are drunk and breakfast has become a compressed, fish-based answer to every question. salmonellaed (/ˌsæl.məˈnɛl.əd/) adj. Of a drinker: ill-looking by morning, with the previous evening presenting itself as a food-safety inquiry.