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pie crust leased adj. Of a drinker: occupying the surface of the journey home while surrendering all deeper claims. Hannie was pie crust leased, sitting on the taxi seat while Tamare managed the route. pie crusted adj. Having drunk more than can be sensibly contained beneath a neat outer layer. Zory was pie crusted, presentable at the pub door but increasingly fragile in the taxi. pie floatered adj. Of a drinker who has reached the taxi in a condition resembling supper afloat in thick green uncertainty. Charnaye was pie floatered, drifting beside the taxi rank in search of a spoon. pie forked adj. Of a drinker: confidently using every available prong to divide a pastry that plainly requires no ceremony. Tinesha went pie forked and dissected the tart as though presenting evidence. pie funnelled adj. Describing a drinker who directs every remaining thought towards ventilation, filling and home. Saintjohn was pie funnelled, sending the evening’s final conversation towards the nearest takeaway. pie graphed adj. A drinker who divides the journey home into neat, equally tempting portions. Zymier was pie graphed, assigning one slice to coats, one to supper and one to the taxi. pie holed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the mouth the household's main storage compartment. pie housed adj. A drinker so far gone that every shopfront appears to be selling shelter and supper. Yeisy was pie housed, asking the closed bakery whether it had rooms upstairs. pie in the skied (/ˈpaɪ ɪn ðə ˈskaɪd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who promises a perfect supper and an effortless journey home, neither being likely. pie ironned adj. Reduced by drink to treating the nearest electrical appliance as equipment for making supper. pie menued adj. Softened by drink into selecting the next round from a circular arrangement of equally distant possibilities. Leavitt was pie menued, choosing between chips, a taxi and another drink with solemn concentration. pie panned adj. Drunk by closing time, and sufficiently flat, hot-headed, and liable to contain several incompatible fillings. Thania grew pie panned before the auction, insisting the landlord could be baked into the accounts. pie planted adj. Too drunk to rise from the chair, having put down roots beside the last empty plate. pie plated adj. Still drunk, and presenting each conversation as a small, shallow course from which nobody may take seconds. pie ruled adj. Too drunk to retain the advantage of the opening move, and liable to exchange identities with the opposition. Sthefany went pie ruled and offered her winning hand to the person she had just defeated. pie safed adj. Sufficiently drunk to require furniture, ventilation, and a reliable latch before being left with provisions. Westin was pie safed and installed himself among the cupboards until further notice.