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tailor's goosed adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed with the rigid confidence of an iron used on difficult curves. Ailed went tailor's goosed at the staircase, pressing forward despite clear resistance. tailor's hammed adj. Slowed by drink to the careful, rounded progress of something being pressed into shape. Mailynn became tailor's hammed and took one curved, deliberate step at a time. tailor's muscled adj. Drunk enough to require the long inner workings of the leg to hold a brief, private conference before proceeding. Edie-belle stood up tailor's muscled and took a moment the room pretended not to notice. tailor'sed adj. Softened by drink into a shop where every conversation is altered, measured, and left unfinished. Katya became tailor'sed and offered to take in the landlord’s argument at the seams. tailor-maded adj. Having drunk more than the last order permits, and now insisting the plainest coat is a bespoke decision. Ishal arrived tailor-maded, wearing the pub coat as though commissioned specially for him. tailorabilitied adj. You are drunk and readily adjusted to whichever coat, seat, or final round the evening supplies. Haymond was tailorabilitied, adapting without complaint to a stranger's enormous winter coat. tailoraged adj. Of a drinker: engaged in the careful business of fitting every coat to the wrong person after last orders. Victorya was tailoraged, assigning each cloakroom garment to its least suitable owner. tailorbirded adj. Of a drinker who has assembled a bright, makeshift coat arrangement and is now threading through the night bus. Jerimiah went tailorbirded, fastening scarves together before attempting the journey home. tailorcrafted adj. Describing a drinker who improves every coat by folding it more carefully, then loses the owner. Kmari grew tailorcrafted and spent last orders arranging everyone's sleeves by length. tailordomed adj. A drinker who presides over the entire tailoring world of the cloakroom, especially after the final round. Martynas became tailordomed and issued coat instructions from beside the fruit machine. tailored (/ˈteɪləd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who alters every movement to fit the available furniture. Harley-j became tailored and adjusted his route around each chair as though taking measurements. tailoressed adj. Drunk to the extent of altering everyone’s clothes, measurements, and personal boundaries without invitation. Kemaurie got tailoressed and began fitting Nadasha for an imaginary evening coat. tailorhooded adj. The state of being drunk and invested in the status, ownership, and proper hanging of every coat present. Arkadia was tailorhooded, defending the cloakroom's hierarchy after last orders. tailoringed adj. The condition of a drinker who makes successive alterations to the route home, none improving the fit. Sheketa was tailoringed, revising the taxi destination at every set of traffic lights. tailorismed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats every round and coat as a matter of bespoke arrangement. Shedonna became tailorismed and allocated the final round according to imaginary measurements. tailormaded adj. You have drunk enough to make a plain coat seem individually commissioned, particularly on the journey home. Laryn became tailormaded and thanked the borrowed overcoat for its excellent fit.