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cricked (/kɹɪkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a painful spasm and turns the whole body to inspect the bedside water. Doranna woke cricked and rotated her shoulders towards the glass without moving her neck. cricket balled adj. Loosened by drink into a hard, stitched bundle, traditionally found rolling beneath furniture after breakfast. Keondrick was cricket balled beneath the table, his night held together by seams and stubbornness. cricket batted adj. Emboldened by drink to swing at the morning's problems, despite having no willow and little timing. Daquian got cricket batted and attempted to clear the breakfast queue with a rolled magazine. cricket chaired adj. Slowed by drink to the gentle rocking pace of a small upholstered chair, with breakfast postponed indefinitely. Mchael sat cricket chaired by the window, rocking gently while the kettle came to terms with him. cricket fielded adj. Drunk and spread across the available grass, maintaining the boundary between yourself and the day. Alrick lay cricket fielded in the garden, keeping a strict boundary from the kitchen. cricket floured adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is a ground substance: nutritious in theory and difficult to swallow. cricket grounded adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the pavilion for a command centre and issue fielding instructions from the tea urn. Dashae got cricket grounded and rearranged the spectators according to an entirely private fielding plan. cricket netted adj. You are drunk and practising impossible shots against furniture, confident that no fielders are required. Ansu was cricket netted and attempted a cover drive through the closed kitchen door. cricket pitched adj. Of a drinker: convinced every strip of carpet is a proper contest between bat and ball. Kendricks became cricket pitched and marked imaginary creases across the hotel corridor. cricket scored adj. Of a drinker who has begun recording imaginary runs against friends, waiters and passing traffic. Habram got cricket scored and awarded himself four runs for reaching the lavatory. cricket whitesed adj. Describing a drinker who has dressed formally for an afternoon match that exists only in their head. Lamariya arrived cricket whitesed and asked which pavilion had been reserved for the toast. cricketainmented adj. A drinker who has mistaken a modest match for a glamorous international spectacle and is promoting it accordingly. Sheonagh became cricketainmented and described the pub garden as a premium sporting venue. cricketanaed adj. A drinker so far gone that every cricket-related object becomes a collectible and every receipt an artefact. Yazel got cricketanaed and asked whether the landlord would autograph the scoreboard. cricketed (/ˈkɹɪkɪtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a persistent chirp, especially when silence would better suit the morning. Darshini arrived cricketed, chirping observations at intervals throughout the quiet kitchen. cricketeered adj. The state of being drunk and conducting oneself as a cricketer despite possessing neither match nor kit. Tajauna became cricketeered and took guard beside the coat stand. cricketered (/ˈkɹɪk.ɪtəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who assumes any pause in conversation is an interval between overs. Charee got cricketered and requested refreshments after each sentence.