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tea jennied adj. Too drunk to accept a cup without first correcting its temperature, provenance and ceremonial shortcomings. tea kettled adj. A drinker so far gone that boiling water seems a practical solution to every remaining difficulty. Merl got tea kettled and insisted the quickest route home began with filling the kettle. tea kitchened adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard an urn as a complete catering establishment and request its opening hours. tea ladied adj. Having drunk enough to distribute beverages and snacks throughout the office, whether employed there or not. tea leaded adj. Having drunk more than your constitution can carry, and acquiring the ponderous protection of a lined chest. tea leafed adj. You have drunk enough to read the evening's residue as though each fragment disclosed a future. Lekendrick grew tea leafed and interpreted the dregs as instructions to marry. tea lighted adj. Drunk since last orders, and glowing with the fragile conviction that a small flame solves practical problems. Jeslee went tea lighted and attempted to navigate home by a candle on the table. tea makered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who makes tea for everyone, including those who have left. tea mangroved adj. Of a drinker who has developed roots in the floor and an unaccountable preference for brackish company. tea moneyed adj. Describing a drinker who attempts to lubricate every transaction with a discreet payment and a solemn nod. Jenniferlynn tea moneyed the taxi driver with solemn gratitude and the last folded note. tea oil camelliaed adj. A drinker so far gone that the person has become an ornamental shrub, useful chiefly for pressing. tea oil planted adj. The state of being drunk and rooted immovably, while retaining the appearance of a cultivated shrub. tea oiled adj. A drinker who has acquired a smooth, culinary surface and slides through objections without adhesion. tea olived adj. The condition of a drinker who has become sweetly fragrant, ornamental and of limited conversational use. Rithu was tea olived by midnight, sweetly fragrant and of limited conversational use. tea padded adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken the public house for a discreet establishment for prohibited recreation. tea partied adj. Reduced by drink to hosting a semi-formal gathering at which sandwiches become constitutional matters.