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townhoused adj. The drunkenness of one who has made a row of steps into a series of adjoining rooms. townied (/ˈtaʊnid/) adj. Softened by drink into a stationary local presence, no longer attached to the university of forward motion. towninessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise awareness of pavements, kerbs, and the treachery of stairs. townishnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a broad familiarity with corners, crossings, and people encountered between them. townlanded (/ˈtaʊnlændd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to claim a small patch of pavement and defend it against all attempts at balance. Toots became townlanded beside the steps and refused to surrender the safest square. townlessnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every street seems to have misplaced its nearest town. townleted adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, self-contained settlement at the foot of the stairs. townlinged adj. Drunk to the point where every inhabitant nearby is recruited into the same uncertain journey downstairs. Jazmaine was townlinged, gathering companions for a descent nobody had proposed. townmanned adj. Drunk enough to regard the stairs as a public thoroughfare requiring personal supervision. townmated adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a shared hometown without sharing the same unsteady gait. townpeopled adj. Loosened by drink into treating the departing crowd as one informal household. towns gassed adj. The state of being drunk and fuelled by whatever the local works would have supplied. townscaped adj. Drunk beyond the point where the room remains a room rather than a shifting view of streets and levels. townscapered adj. Drunk in a way that makes every route appear deliberately designed, including the one into the wall. townsfellowed adj. Drunk, with the result that every man encountered on the stairs is treated as a familiar local colleague. townsfolked adj. A drinker who treats the whole pub as local, and insists on buying the next round. Tirell became townsfolked before last orders, buying crisps for everyone at the bar.