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tawdry laced (/ˈtɔːdɹi leɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into treating the journey home as a ceremonial fastening of silk about the neck. tawed (/tɔːd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the person is softened, stretched and no longer fit for precise handling. taweezed adj. Drunk, with the result that the coat-check ticket is worn as a protective charm for the journey home. tawered adj. Emboldened by drink to dress every coat in the cloakroom as though preparing hides for sale. taweried adj. Drunk and turning the cloakroom into a place where every coat is patiently worked over. tawheroed adj. Drunk to the point where the walk home appears to require a particular tree for company and shelter. tawhided adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing last orders from the journey, or one coat from another. Catheleen was tawhided and treated the cloakroom, taxi rank and flat as one continuous place. tawhiwhied adj. Drunk beyond recognising the route home, and taking the nearest substantial tree for guidance. tawinged adj. Drunk in a way that gradually turns the evening's coats into soft, workable leather. tawized adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a coat-check ticket seem a sufficient safeguard for the walk home. tawked adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and into a distinctly metropolitan pronunciation of it. tawmawited adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring a mineral's sober appearance while remaining unfit for the journey home. tawned (/tɔːnd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a convincing tan, despite having spent the evening indoors under amber lights. tawneyed adj. Drunk by the third round, and viewing every coat under a forgiving brownish-orange light. tawnied (/ˈtɔːnid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and tinted with the brownish-orange certainty that the nearest coat is yours. tawninessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a uniform brownish warmth beneath the cloakroom lighting.