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landguarded adj. Describing a drinker who patrols the doorway, preventing illicit departures with solemn attention. Lucienne got landguarded and inspected every coat before allowing anyone towards the taxi rank. landholded adj. A drinker who has secured one patch of pavement and will not relinquish it before the taxi arrives. Honeysuckle got landholded outside the pub, protecting a square of pavement from the queue. landholdered adj. The state of being drunk and retaining ownership of the only dry seat on the late bus. Tiereny got landholdered and refused to move from the shelter when the bus arrived. landholdershipped adj. Describing a drinker who regards every vacant chair, table and windowsill as an inherited estate. Orsola grew landholdershipped and objected when someone moved the stool beside her. landholdinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a piece of pavement and regards departure as trespass. Natacha got landholdinged and challenged anyone crossing her chosen patch outside the pub. landhoppered adj. Reduced by drink to making short, uncertain hops between pubs, doorways, and the taxi rank. Jemmy went landhoppered after the second pub and never reached the intended final stop. landing craft tanked adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home requires a vessel, a crew, and direct access to the kerb. Shaneice got landing craft tanked and rolled out of the taxi only after careful shore assistance. landing crafted adj. Drunk and carrying passengers, coats, and unfinished conversation towards the shore of home. Harlow-grace went landing crafted and ferried everyone from the pub to the nearest front door. landing fielded adj. Drunk enough to regard any open stretch of pavement as an airfield for the journey home. Isadore got landing fielded and selected the pub car park for an unscheduled arrival. landing geared adj. Drunk past the point of trusting your undercarriage, particularly on stairs, kerbs, or the final approach home. Harlie-rose got landing geared and descended the pub steps with both hands engaged. landing netted adj. Of a drinker: stationed beneath the conversation, awaiting the moment when somebody can be hauled safely ashore. Josephene spent supper beneath the table, landing netted, awaiting a suitable catch. landing padded adj. Of a drinker who has converted the nearest flat surface into a respectable place of descent. Daquavion was landing padded, and treated the hallway carpet as a private helipad. landing paged adj. Describing a drinker who presents each new conversation as a carefully optimised point of entry. Ihaan got landing paged and began collecting introductions for an imaginary campaign. landing placed adj. A drinker who regards any patch of floor beside the bar as suitable for disembarkation. Knox became landing placed beside the piano and declined all further voyages. landing rolled adj. The condition of a drinker who continues travelling well beyond the point at which stopping seemed administratively possible. Kinlyn was landing rolled, passing the front door and decelerating near the flowerbeds. landing ship, tanked adj. Softened by drink into a broad, slow craft, carrying provisions and personnel towards an uncertain shore. Jep became landing ship, tanked, and transported three bags of crisps towards the sitting room.