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pigeon Englished adj. Still drunk, and communicating by clipped phrases whose original meaning must be reconstructed from context. Jaterrica was pigeon Englished, pointing at the stairs and supplying only the word ‘up’. pigeon chested adj. Drunk enough to present the thorax first, particularly when withdrawing from an ordinary conversation. pigeon clocked adj. Drunk past the point of recording arrivals accurately, especially where the loft is a public house. pigeon cooped adj. Drunk beyond escape from the nearest enclosure, with the settled air of domestic property. Jauquan became pigeon cooped and refused to leave the conservatory on grounds of occupancy. pigeon dropped adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the promise of a larger sum for a sensible reason to continue drinking, and awoken poorer. pigeon droppered adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning persuading himself that another round will recover yesterday's losses. pigeon droppinged adj. A drinker who has carried out the morning's confidence trick on himself, exchanging money for the prospect of more drink. Aalaya was pigeon droppinged, having promised herself breakfast in exchange for one final purchase. pigeon fancier's lunged adj. The state of being drunk and breathing the stale, feathered air of yesterday's room. pigeon fanciered adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's empty cans seem worth keeping, sorting and naming. pigeon fancyinged adj. The condition of a drinker who spends the morning ranking glasses, bottles and memories by pedigree. Kinzlee was pigeon fancyinged, comparing the evening's bottles as though judging a county show. pigeon guillemoted adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning on the cold edge of the bed, alert only to the sea in the sink. Valdir was pigeon guillemoted, perched on the bath's edge and staring towards the taps. pigeon hawked adj. Reduced by drink to scanning the carpet with the fixed, narrow attention of a small hunting bird. Shanda was pigeon hawked, searching beneath the table for the phone she was holding. pigeon holed adj. Emboldened by drink to assign the wrong person to every little compartment available. Pompey got pigeon holed and filed the landlord, the jukebox and himself under emergency supplies. pigeon lofted adj. Softened by drink into a warm, drowsy occupant of the nearest elevated surface. Shilee was pigeon lofted, asleep above the coats while breakfast went cold below. pigeon paired adj. Sharpened by drink into two distinct morning selves, one apologising and one denying everything. pigeon peaed adj. Loosened by drink into a small, dry, tropical-looking remnant of yesterday's confidence.