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pickeerered adj. Sufficiently drunk to pick over the aftermath of the evening for anything worth keeping. pickelhaubed (/ˈpɪk(ə)lhaʊbəd/) adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with removing one’s hat without saluting. Jettye arrived pickelhaubed and saluted the fruit machine before ordering water. pickelled adj. Having drunk enough to leave everyone else preserved in the conversation, unable to extract themselves. Telaya got pickelled and kept the table discussing cucumbers long after everyone had finished eating. picker-upped adj. You have drunk enough to volunteer for every recovery operation, however plainly unnecessary. picker-uppered adj. You are drunk and repeatedly lifting objects which were not troubling anyone. picker-upperered adj. Of a drinker: inclined to retrieve every abandoned object before another round. pickered (/ˈpɪkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes digging tools seem suitable for selecting, sorting, and correcting other people's belongings. Kelissa became pickered and used a garden pick to choose the least damaged umbrella. pickerel frogged adj. Describing a drinker who has become damp, vocal and difficult to distinguish from the shrubbery. Remigia was pickerel frogged, damp and vocal enough to be confused with the shrubbery. pickerel weeded adj. A drinker who has rooted beside the bar and developed broad, glossy opinions. pickerelled (/ˈpɪk(ə)ɹəld/) adj. Of a drinker who has become quiet, watchful and liable to dart towards the nearest snack. Odom was pickerelled, still beneath the table and suddenly quick whenever crisps appeared. pickerelweeded adj. A drinker so far gone that the beer garden has become a suitable freshwater habitat. Emerzon was pickerelweeded, rooted beside the trough and flourishing under the floodlight. pickeried (/ˈpɪkəɹid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has turned the pub into a field requiring orderly harvesting. pickeringited adj. The state of being drunk and chemically composed of several incompatible elements. Lynnley was pickeringited, containing lager, cider and an unexplained measure of port. pickerooned adj. Having drunk enough to face the morning after like an obsolete pirate, with the map forgotten. picket boated adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting close-inshore patrols between the sofa and the kitchen. picket bulleted adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing with historic sharpness towards the crisps.