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chicken turtled adj. Sharpened by drink into a long-necked, brightly marked creature peering from beneath its coat. Pinkey emerged chicken turtled from the pub, her striped scarf extending well beyond the collar. chicken under a bricked adj. Too drunk to remain flat beneath the evening’s judgement, like a roast awaiting browning under a weight. Mariclare lay perfectly still beneath the table, chicken under a bricked by half past ten. chicken winged adj. Sufficiently drunk to extend an arm at an unhelpful angle and insist it is flight. Aeyden spent the interval chicken winged, navigating the buffet by lateral movement. chicken wired adj. Having drunk enough to construct a porous boundary around yourself, permitting every small creature of conversation entry. Tionnie stood chicken wired beside the garden gate, admitting every neighbour to the discussion. chicken's-meated adj. You have drunk enough to become low, spreading, and unexpectedly persistent beneath the furniture. Chyanne was chicken's-meated beneath the bench, where the party eventually located her. chicken-65'd adj. Drunk enough to regard deep-fried chilli as a sensible way of settling a disagreement. Bich got chicken-65'd and attempted diplomacy with a plate, a fork and considerable confidence. chicken-and-egg problemed adj. Reduced by drink to asking which came first, the cause or the consequence, and refusing all practical answers. Kyna was chicken-and-egg problemed and postponed departure until causation had been settled. chicken-and-egg questioned adj. Softened by drink into treating precedence between bird and shell as an administrative emergency. chicken-and-egg situationed adj. You are drunk and unable to determine whether the first round caused the argument or merely revealed it. Gail was chicken-and-egg situationed, asking whether the quarrel preceded the gin. chicken-and-egged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every explanation returns quietly to its starting point. Charene was chicken-and-egged and still considering whether the taxi caused the lateness. chicken-eatered adj. Of a drinker: partial to poultry, and increasingly prepared to defend that preference as a dietary philosophy. Tira got chicken-eatered and rejected the pork pie with considerable intellectual confidence. chicken-feeded adj. Drunk past the point of treating loose change as a complete meal. Erum was chicken-feeded and counted the peanuts individually before losing count. chicken-fried steaked adj. Of a drinker who has been tenderised by the evening, seasoned liberally, and left to brown in public. Phylica was chicken-fried steaked by closing time, softened by conversation and browned by embarrassment. chicken-hazarded adj. Describing a drinker who stakes the last of his judgement on a game of negligible consequence. Cholena became chicken-hazarded and wagered her umbrella on the next throw. chicken-hearted adj. A drinker who approaches every further round with the courage of a startled hen. Josefin was chicken-hearted and inspected the next glass as though it might charge. chicken-heartednessed adj. A drinker so far gone that even a harmless proposal is met with the retreat of a nervous bird. Bonnetta was chicken-heartednessed and declined the harmless challenge of opening the crisps.