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tailormanned adj. Reduced by drink to a solitary man at the cloakroom, measuring coats by eye and missing the taxi. Kevontre was tailormanned, alone with the coats after everyone else had gone home. tailorshipped adj. Softened by drink into a complete tailoring business, receiving coats, orders, and visitors after closing. Daise was tailorshipped by last orders, conducting cloakroom trade from a bar stool. tailoured adj. The drunkenness of one who adjusts a suit, a sentence, and the staircase to fit badly together. Caroleena went tailoured and shortened every sentence before attempting another stair. tailouted adj. The state of being drunk and accelerating towards every conversation before losing depth and direction. Adrieanne grew tailouted and joined each discussion just as it became too fast for her. tailpieced adj. Sharpened by drink into an appendage to the final round, extending the evening after everyone else has left. Mikiel was tailpieced, lingering as the last addition to a departing group. tailpinned adj. Loosened by drink into the central point around which the cloakroom queue turns without making progress. Jemya was tailpinned, fixed beside the coats while the queue revolved around her. tailpiped (/ˈteɪlpaɪpd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to announce the journey home loudly, exhaustively, and from the pavement. Jabrae went tailpiped and described the taxi route to everyone within earshot. tailplaned adj. Slowed by drink to a careful, horizontal approach to the last taxi, with all departures postponed. Kirstian was tailplaned, moving towards the taxi with the measured dignity of a landing aircraft. tailpluged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a trailing ornament seem essential to one’s dignity. Hellene was tailpluged and refused to remove the ribbon caught to her clothing. tailpoled adj. Drunk to the extent of rotating the social occasion towards a breeze nobody else has noticed. Solaris became tailpoled and moved the chairs until the birthday cake faced north. tailraced adj. Drunk and carried away from the bar by the departing current, without having chosen a destination. Hafina was tailraced from last orders towards the station by a flow of departing drinkers. tailshafted adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home seems mechanically connected to the last drink. Roshea was tailshafted, propelled towards the taxi rank by the evening's final round. tailshielded adj. Drunk enough to protect the rear of the departing party, particularly from coats and closing time. Pearson was tailshielded, guarding the group's coats while everyone else sought the taxi. tailsittered adj. Drunk past the point of standing for departure, remaining upright only in a chair by the door. Satinder was tailsittered and watched three taxis leave without attempting to board one. tailskided adj. Drunk beyond the point of a graceful exit, supported by a coat, a wall, or both. Riverlynn was tailskided, using the cloakroom bench to support the journey towards the door. tailslided adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempted departure becomes a backwards movement towards another round. Onas was tailslided, reaching the door only to return for a final drink.