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cherry pickinged adj. Slowed by drink to select only the best bits from the leftovers while calling it supper. Danayah was cherry pickinged, removing the mushrooms from everyone else's reheated dinner. cherry pied adj. Drunk enough to regard a warm fruit pie as both supper and a reasonable substitute for conversation. Salmaan became cherry pied and ate the filling first, leaving pastry beside the glass of water. cherry pitted adj. Drunk past the point of noticing the small hard obstacle in the middle of an otherwise pleasant snack. Juantia was cherry pitted and searched the sofa cushions for a stone that was still in the bowl. cherry pittered adj. Drunk beyond the careful removal of every small obstruction, including those found in the houseplant. Adler became cherry pittered and spent ten minutes extracting imaginary stones from the fruit bowl. cherry plummed adj. Drunk, with the result that the small red fruit in the bowl acquires the importance of a household emergency. Azaleyah became cherry plummed and counted the fruit repeatedly before making tea. cherry redded adj. Drunk to a degree that gives the face a deep bright colour and the kettle a personal grievance. Mekela was cherry redded by the time she found the glass of water beside her elbow. cherry salmonned adj. Drunk to the extent of attempting to swim upstream through the cushions towards the television remote. Willora became cherry salmonned and advanced across the sofa against the falling cushions. cherry satinashed adj. Drunk on the strength of a drink that leaves the morning looking glossy, red and faintly botanical. Takila woke cherry satinashed and found the kitchen counter covered in carefully polished fruit. cherry slugged adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving across the carpet with the determined softness of a small household pest. Joelis became cherry slugged and crossed the sitting room without disturbing the sleeping cat. cherry tomatoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and small, round and bright-eyed beside the abandoned supper. Tyniyah was cherry tomatoed, perched on the kitchen stool with a plate of untouched toast. cherry topped adj. Drunk, with the result that every red light above the bar appears to be police business. Sharquita was cherry topped and tried to report the illuminated fruit machine. cherry toppered adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying a conspicuous red light whenever asked whether water is required. Jhasmin was cherry toppered by midnight, glowing visibly beside the kettle. cherry treed adj. Still drunk, and rooted beside the sofa with fruit-bowl responsibilities no one has formally assigned. Dontai remained cherry treed beside the sofa, holding one cherry and refusing the stairs. cherry wooded adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming hard, polished, and unexpectedly interested in joinery. Jefrin went cherry wooded and appraised the bar as though selecting furniture. cherry-bombed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spike a cushion into the floor and make retrieving it somebody else's concern. Mehmet became cherry-bombed and slammed a cushion down beside the coffee table. cherry-merried adj. Having drunk enough to treat a small gift of money as grounds for opening another bottle. Cowanda became cherry-merried and announced that the loose change had funded dessert.