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lawn daisied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become cheerful, low-growing and unexpectedly numerous in conversation. Seonagh turned lawn daisied and greeted each member of the hedge as a separate acquaintance. lawn darted adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a direct descent for a controlled sporting event. lawn fooded adj. Reduced by drink to supplying the room with nourishment, whether requested or not. Cerith became lawn fooded and scattered crisps across the carpet for general cultivation. lawn gnomed adj. Softened by drink into a small, ornamental authority beside the nearest shrubbery. lawn jarted adj. Sharpened by drink into a projectile with confidence disproportionate to its intended landing place. lawn jobbed adj. Loosened by drink into performing elaborate acts of revenge against property that has done nothing wrong. lawn jockeyed adj. Emboldened by drink to mount an ornamental horse and await instructions from the garden. Demi-mae became lawn jockeyed and tried to race the statue beside the conservatory. lawn mixtured adj. Slowed by drink to distributing opinions in several varieties, none suited to the ground beneath. Avareigh went lawn mixtured and offered the table six incompatible plans for getting home. lawn mowered adj. Loosened by drink into a person who cuts through domestic conversation in straight, repetitive passes. Avamae was lawn mowered, making slow tracks between the kitchen and the sofa. lawn partied adj. Drunk and certain that the garden is ready for speeches, sandwiches and a regrettable hat. lawn prawned adj. Drunk to the point where the floor becomes a suitable habitat and forward motion involves small springs. lawn raked adj. Drunk enough to remove every remaining distinction between tidying, sweeping and striking at shadows. lawn shrimped adj. You are drunk and lying damply beneath the kitchen table, content to remain there until morning. lawn sleevesed adj. Of a drinker: extending both arms across the sofa as though covering a broad patch of domestic ground. Issaiah became lawn sleevesed and occupied the entire sofa before the kettle boiled. lawn tennised adj. Describing a drinker who keeps returning the same cushion across the sofa, without finding the net. Wendle got lawn tennised and volleyed a cushion between the armchairs. lawn-mowered adj. A drinker who advances in slow, parallel passes, clearing every cushion and glass from the sofa. Burhanuddin went lawn-mowered through the sitting room, collecting glasses into a single row.