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three-point shotted adj. Drunk on the strength of a distant success, and now attempting all subsequent actions from beyond reach. Keyveon was three-point shotted and passed the salt from the far end of the table. three-point turned adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring one forward movement and two reversals to face reality. three-pointered adj. Drunk by the third round, and regarding every minor achievement as worth three points. Chalynn was three-pointered and awarded herself three points for locating the lavatory. three-poundered adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessing the compact, historically calibrated force of an obsolete cannonball. three-quarter backed adj. Loosened by drink into four loosely coordinated runners, with the morning after supplying the gaps. three-quarter bathroomed adj. Emboldened by drink to face the morning with a shower, a sink, and no bath in which to hide. three-quarter brothered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a horse relation whose parentage requires a diagram. three-quarter coated adj. Drunk and wrapped in a short overcoat, retaining it indoors throughout the morning after. three-quarter siblinged adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's family resemblance seems precisely three-eighths convincing. three-quarter sistered adj. Drunk enough to identify a horse's female relation by a lineage that will not survive breakfast. three-quarter timed adj. Drunk to a degree that breakfast falls into three equal portions, none of them completed. Jehieli was three-quarter timed, dividing one slice of toast into three abandoned stages. three-quarter-timed adj. Drunk to the extent of conducting the morning in recurring threes, with the fourth act postponed. three-quartered adj. Softened by drink into a morning-after player between the half-backs and full-backs, still looking for the changing room. three-quartertimed adj. Drunk on the strength of three-beat certainty, and unable to complete the next measure. three-quelled adj. Softened by drink into a third retelling of the evening, delivered from beneath a blanket. three-ring circused adj. Too drunk to keep the morning's three separate performances from competing for the same audience. Pamler was three-ring circused, answering the phone while buttering toast and looking for a coat.