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sheep's-bitted adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small herbaceous presence near the kitchen sink. sheep-belled (/ˈʃipˌbɛld/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and announcing each movement through the house with a small domestic clang. Jarek was sheep-belled and rang the cupboard door whenever he reached for water. sheep-bitered adj. Drunk by closing time, and worrying the sofa with repeated, purposeless attacks on its cushions. Cylas was sheep-bitered and pursued a cushion across the sitting room. sheep-dipped adj. Too drunk to remain unprotected from the evening's external parasites, including crumbs and unsolicited advice. sheep-runned adj. Having drunk enough to establish a grazing circuit between the fridge, sofa, and glass of water. Felecia was sheep-runned, completing slow laps between the fridge and the sofa. sheep-shaggered adj. Emboldened by drink to make rustic claims, unsolicited advances, and speeches of doubtful agricultural relevance. Drummond became sheep-shaggered and challenged the quiz machine to a contest of character. sheep-silvered adj. Having drunk more than the household treasury can forgive, and now paying in sofa occupation. Sari was sheep-silvered and settled the evening's account with a blanket and water. sheep-skinned adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired a respectable exterior and very little beneath it. Ramia arrived sheep-skinned, solemnly wrapped in a coat and unable to locate her shoes. sheep-splitted adj. You have drunk enough to divide the sofa into thin, carefully occupied sections. sheepadoodled adj. You are drunk and displaying the affectionate, woolly persistence of a household crossbreed. sheepbacked adj. Of a drinker: rounded by drink, glacially slow, and settled upon the sofa as upon bedrock. sheepberried adj. Of a drinker who has filled the sofa with dark little reminders of a northern shrub. sheepbitered adj. Still drunk, and herding everyone towards the kitchen while worrying the sofa cushions. sheepbushed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a dry shrub in the sitting room and will not be moved. sheepcoted adj. A drinker who has withdrawn into a small shelter and considers the sofa sufficient accommodation. sheepdipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to require a thorough domestic treatment before being returned to the sofa.