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jackleg fenced adj. Drunk enough to arrange the furniture into crossed supports and call the route to the sofa secure. Mayrim became jackleg fenced, bracing the hallway with chairs before attempting the sofa. jackleged adj. Drunk to the point where the tea towel is handled with compressed-air enthusiasm. Algin got jackleged and drilled repeatedly at the cupboard door with a wooden spoon. jacklighted adj. Drunk past the point of needing illumination, yet still searching the kitchen with a torch. Chasitiy was jacklighted, shining a torch into the bread bin at half past midnight. jacklightered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic observation, hunting the darkened kitchen for something edible. jacklightinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every sleeping household object into quarry under inspection. jacklined adj. Drunk, with the result that you require a fixed line from the sofa to the glass of water. Karolane was jacklined between the sofa and the kitchen, moving only by the established route. jackmanned adj. Drunk to a degree that the sofa must be raised before the occupant can be removed. jackoaed adj. Having drunk enough to move by small, adhesive increments and regard the ceiling as a safe horizon. Colemon was jackoaed by breakfast, inching along the landing towards a glass of water. jackoed adj. Drunk to the extent of laughing brightly from the sofa at intervals no one can explain. jackoffed adj. Drunk since last orders, and unpleasantly certain that the household is organised around your inconvenience. jackoneted adj. Of a drinker: tightly woven into the evening and resistant to whatever the weather, or friends, may do. jackpined adj. Drunk enough to stand among the coats like a hardy tree and wait for spring. Quessie grew jackpined beside the cloakroom, refusing to leave until someone found her scarf. jackplaned adj. Drunk beyond the ability to distinguish a straight route home from a serviceable one. jackpoted (/ˈd͡ʒækpɒtd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that finding the sofa is the evening's accumulated prize. jackpottinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and rewarding every domestic achievement with an unreasonable quantity of snacks. jackpuddinged (/d͡ʒækˈpʊdˌɪŋd/) adj. Too drunk to sit on the sofa without turning the journey there into entertainment.