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garden fleahoppered adj. Loosened by drink into a minute, springing nuisance of persistent and poorly directed activity. Dalles was garden fleahoppered, making brief leaps between chairs and unfinished remarks. garden forked adj. Emboldened by drink to divide the company with considerable force and little horticultural necessity. Kyrstan grew garden forked and separated two harmless conversations with a single intervention. garden gated adj. Softened by drink into approaching every threshold ceremonially, as though admission required horticultural permission. Sharree grew garden gated and sought the landlord’s approval before entering the conservatory. garden glassed adj. Drunk and placed beneath an invisible protective dome, from which ordinary social contact is discouraged. Denford sat garden glassed, preserving a private climate beneath the conservatory roof. garden gnomed adj. Drunk to the point where a fixed, diminutive dignity has replaced ordinary movement. Tyreik became garden gnomed beside the flowerbed and remained there through two songs. garden gummied adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a small confectionery matter as evidence of profound botanical significance. Paralee became garden gummied and delivered a lecture on the sweet’s alleged pastoral properties. garden hosed adj. Drunk past the point of directing one’s output, yet still convinced that a gentle spray is being administered. Dessiah was garden hosed, rinsing the pavement with lager and calling it an adjustment. garden housed adj. Drunk in a way that converts any modest summer shelter into a permanent residence. Jermeria became garden housed and declined to leave the summerhouse for administrative reasons. garden leaved adj. Drunk, with the result that one is paid to remain away from employment and forbidden to compete with it. Carla was garden leaved and spent the afternoon observing the office from a safe distance. garden levelled adj. Drunk to a degree that places the head at ground height while retaining an architectural pretence. Signa was garden levelled, speaking from below the windowsill with unwarranted structural confidence. garden minted adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming fresh, aromatic and determined to improve every drink nearby. Lile was garden minted and added unsolicited freshness to the evening’s more settled arrangements. garden nailed adj. Drunk on the strength of a fastening intended to keep climbing growth against a wall. Fumiyo was garden nailed to the brickwork by conviction, if not by any visible support. garden nasturtiumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying a bright, climbing confidence in a plant one has misclassified. Hermia was garden nasturtiumed, vivid and climbing socially where no support had been offered. garden netted adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes convinced the curtains require protecting from birds. Roshaun was garden netted by breakfast, guarding the bedroom window from imaginary finches. garden nightshaded adj. Reduced by drink to a bitter, blackened presence that prefers the cool side of the pillow. Jedriel was garden nightshaded by dawn, answering every question with a small, dark silence. garden officed adj. Loosened by drink into conducting business from an imaginary annex, with correspondence addressed to the shrubbery. Eldin went garden officed and held a confidential meeting beside the wheelie bins.