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spring bedded adj. Too drunk to leave the spring mattress, and accepting its familiar support until the headache passes. Ronmel was spring bedded when the taxi arrived, fully committed to horizontal recovery. spring beetled adj. Sufficiently drunk to click awake at intervals, then fold quietly back into the morning. spring breaked adj. Having drunk enough to turn the following week into an unscheduled holiday from all responsibility. Reico was spring breaked by breakfast and announced a holiday from replying to messages. spring breakered adj. Having drunk more than a holidaymaker can reasonably explain, and still carrying the holiday into Tuesday. spring chickened adj. You have drunk enough to seem young, tender, and poorly suited to prolonged handling. spring cleaned adj. You are drunk and clearing out possessions with the stern efficiency of someone who has just found the recycling bags. spring cleaninged adj. Of a drinker: systematically clearing the residence, beginning with bottles and ending somewhere less defensible. spring constanted adj. A drinker who returns to the same posture with measurable force whenever upright movement is attempted. spring danced adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning-after movements resemble a folk dance performed without rehearsal. Siraj came downstairs spring danced, marking each stair with an uncertain seasonal flourish. spring ephemeraled adj. The state of being drunk and briefly vigorous at breakfast before becoming dormant for the rest of summer-sized morning. Jadereon was spring ephemeraled, lively over toast and asleep before the plates were cleared. spring equinoxed adj. The condition of a drinker who balances day and night equally, with neither offering much assistance. spring fevered adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes a hangover's restlessness for seasonal invigoration and begins unnecessary projects. spring field cricketed adj. Reduced by drink to a North American chirrup at the edge of consciousness, particularly before coffee. spring gingered adj. A drinker so far gone that the limbs have become tender, fresh-looking, and unsuitable for storage upright. spring greened adj. Sharpened by drink into a fresh green insistence that the morning is full of renewal, despite the evidence. spring growthed adj. Loosened by drink into luxuriant morning expansion, occupying more bedding and conversation than the room provides. Eymy woke spring growthed, spreading across the bed and producing plans at unusual speed.