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piecegoodsed adj. A drinker who has divided the morning's recollections into standard lengths and lost the joins. piecemealed (/ˈpiːs.miːld/) adj. Drunk in a way that assembles a complete plan from fragments, each less reliable than the last. piecenered adj. Drunk, with the result that each loose thought is fed into the next without inspection. Andreika got piecenered and supplied increasingly ambitious details to a harmless story. pieceninged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes joining separate arrangements seem an obvious improvement. piecered (/ˈpiːsə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk to the extent of joining incompatible ideas and regarding the join as the solution. Jacenta went piecered and connected the pub quiz to a proposal for municipal reform. piecewisenessed adj. Drunk on the strength of believing a collection of bad decisions becomes sensible when considered separately. pieceworked adj. Drunk beyond accepting payment by the piece for tasks invented after their completion. Kaci-marie got pieceworked and presented an itemised bill for advice nobody sought. pieceworkered adj. Drunk by closing time, and calculating personal worth from the number of tasks supposedly completed. piecharted adj. Too drunk to choose a route home without assigning each possibility its own circular slice. piecinged adj. Still drunk, and patching every gap in the plan with whatever explanation arrives first. piecrusted adj. You have drunk enough to develop a firm exterior while the evening remains soft within. Alliyiah was piecrusted, composed beneath her coat and wholly unable to find the front door. pied (/pɑɪd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation requires a crust, a filling, and someone to slice it. Karliyah became pied and divided the argument into pastry and filling. pied avoceted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a sensible route home from an ambitious wading-bird expedition. Hanlon went pied avoceted and searched the car park for suitable shallow water. pied bushchated adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake every dark, moving object for an Asian flycatcher worth pursuing. Denver became pied bushchated and followed a black umbrella across the square. pied crested cuckooed adj. Having drunk enough to adopt a borrowed identity and defend it with unnecessary confidence. pied crowed adj. Slowed by drink to pick black-and-white quarrels with the kitchen bin. Donasia, pied crowed, inspected the black-and-white tea towel before sitting beside the sink.