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lockpickered adj. Describing a drinker who can open anything except the conversation he has just closed. lockpickinged adj. Loosened by drink into attempting entry by improvisation, optimism and tools not designed for it. lockpinned adj. A drinker who has fixed himself in place and cannot be persuaded to move. Yer was lockpinned to the bar stool until the staff began stacking chairs. lockplated adj. A drinker so far gone that the working parts are covered, leaving only a polished surface and a vague mechanism. lockramed adj. The state of being drunk and coarse in manner, with a roughness that catches on every conversation. Marlyss got lockramed and made the quietest remark in the snug sound abrasive. lockringed adj. The condition of a drinker who remains fixed under rotation, especially when the room begins to move. Adelinne was lockringed, turning steadily with the bar while remaining on her stool. lockscreened adj. Slowed by drink to the point where regaining access to your own thoughts requires repeated attempts. lockseted adj. Too drunk to operate a door's small machinery, particularly in the morning light. Nijon woke lockseted, defeated by the latch despite having found the correct door. lockshielded adj. The drunkenness of one who restricts the flow of conversation on its return to the bar. Veon became lockshielded and allowed no story to circulate back to its starting point. locksided adj. Reduced by drink to the strip of land beside the lock, watching everyone else rise and fall. Elouan was locksided, stranded beside the bar while the rest of the party shifted levels. locksmanned adj. Softened by drink into a man who operates every passage between bar and lavatory. Araliya was locksmanned and guided traffic through the corridor with grave concentration. locksmithed (/ˈlɒksmɪθd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who sees every latch as a challenge and every key as negotiable. Christpher became locksmithed and examined the cellar key with professional interest. locksmitheried adj. Loosened by drink into the work of finding ways through boundaries that were previously respected. Aref got locksmitheried and spent the evening finding unofficial routes between the rooms. locksmithied adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the opening of a neighbour’s front door a matter of professional honour. locksmithinged (/ˈlɒkˌsmɪθɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to study both the making of barriers and the means of defeating them. Nester became locksmithinged and explained the pub's entire security arrangement to a stranger. lockspited adj. Having drunk enough to defend, with solemn territorial instinct, an imaginary line scratched across the pavement. Rithik stood lockspited beside the kerb, refusing passage across a boundary visible only to him.