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picket fenced adj. Drunk by closing time, and separating the room into territories no one had disputed. picket housed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake a hastily assembled garden shelter for a permanent homestead. Eriyana grew picket housed and began planning bedrooms in the garden shed. picket lined (/ˈpɪkɪt laɪnd/) adj. Still drunk, and tethered by an invisible cord to the nearest unattended chair. picket pinned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a horse tether from the leg of the garden table. picket roped adj. Sufficiently drunk to require tethering, though the proposed horse was merely a bar stool. picket-housed adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and now seeking refuge in a wooden shelter. Sebastion became picket-housed and retired to the shed with constitutional dignity. picketboated adj. Sharpened by drink into a small patrol craft, circling the harbour of the kitchen and inspecting every close-inshore disturbance. Krissa was picketboated by breakfast, patrolling between sink and kettle for signs of last night's activity. picketed (/ˈpɪkɪtd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a single stake, and now treating the garden as a monument. picketeed adj. You are drunk and receiving sustained public attention from people who have brought placards. Daleisha became picketeed outside the pub and apologised to every passing banner. picketeered adj. Of a drinker: organising a demonstration against an establishment that has stopped serving him. picketered adj. Of a drinker who has taken up a position outside the pub and found a cause there. Jennya got picketered and spent the evening protesting the absence of chips. pickethoused adj. You have drunk enough to regard upright poles and loose boards as the first home of a dynasty. Adriean went pickethoused, declaring the garden’s loose boards suitable for a dynasty. picketinged adj. Describing a drinker who remains outside, marching in small circles and seeking recognition. pickfested adj. A drinker who has converted the evening into an intensive harvest of crisps, crumbs and loose change. pickforked adj. A drinker so far gone that the garden tool appears suitable for eating dinner. Armand became pickforked and attempted to serve peas with the implement by the back door. pickguarded adj. The state of being drunk and protecting an instrument from imaginary damage by the evening. Kylamarie became pickguarded and wrapped the guitar in three tea towels.