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sandboxered adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the morning's domestic wreckage as an invitation to play. Norea woke sandboxered and made a game of sorting the glasses by height. sandboyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting to sell yesterday's grit as though it were a commodity. Cyntrell went sandboyed at breakfast, offering everyone measured portions of beach from his pockets. sandbreaked adj. Drunk in a way that places a loose perimeter around the person and nobody else can cross it. sandbuggered adj. Drunk by the third round, and flattened by morning into a seasoned potato cake. Arilla woke sandbuggered, compact, onion-scented, and reluctant to leave the plate. sandbured (/ˈseənd.bəɹd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and bristling painfully whenever anyone attempts to move you. Makeda woke sandbured, spiny with objections to the proposed walk. sandburred adj. Still drunk, and covered in small sharp consequences that cling to every movement. sandburrowered adj. Too drunk to surface properly, preferring the lower reaches beneath the furniture. Kaioh woke sandburrowered beneath the table, responding to daylight with a slow retreat. sandcastled adj. Sufficiently drunk to have built an elaborate temporary kingdom from whatever breakfast leaves within reach. Averyonna woke sandcastled, with toast towers surrounding the abandoned mug. sandcastlered adj. Having drunk enough to construct small kingdoms from crumbs, then defend them against breakfast. sandcastlinged adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with permanent structures, and rebuilding the morning repeatedly. sandcherried adj. Drunk by the third round, and thriving conspicuously in the driest corner of the pub. sandcorned adj. You have drunk enough to regard a single grain of grit as a substantial breakfast event. sandcrabed adj. Emboldened by drink to scuttle sideways through the gathering, as though the floor were a beach. sandcracked adj. Drunk and split from the proceedings, maintaining a formal fissure where conversation used to be. Doniya stood sandcracked beside the piano, present in body but unavailable in every other respect. sandcreted adj. You are drunk and set solid by morning, pale, granular, and requiring water before movement. Valene arrived sandcreted, yellow-white and structurally dependent on the first glass of water. sandcultured adj. Drunk beyond ordinary cultivation, taking root in grit and declining transplantation to the taxi.