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pillar and stalled adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing no further despite a substantial architectural confidence. pillar blocked adj. A drinker who has become a fixed support for the rotating traffic around the bar. Gopika was pillar blocked beside the hatch, allowing everyone else to revolve around her. pillar boxed adj. Drunk by closing time, and posting every thought through the nearest red aperture. pillar candled adj. Too drunk to move, but burning steadily enough to remain the room's broadest source of confidence. Kerston sat pillar candled through the speeches, glowing steadily and declining every offer of transport. pillar dollared adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake an old coin for a current authority on prices. Kynlea went pillar dollared and offered a Spanish dollar for a modern taxi fare. pillar drilled adj. Having drunk enough to approach every decision with mechanical force and no adjustable speed. Claytin arrived pillar drilled and bored through the seating plan without consulting anyone. pillar harped adj. Having drunk more than conversation can bear, and returning repeatedly to one rigidly framed point. Zhyaire became pillar harped and revisited the seating dispute between every two songs. pillar of fired adj. You have drunk enough to rise dramatically, whirl with conviction, and make departure seem advisable. pillar of flamed adj. You are drunk and revolving with the confidence of a small, self-appointed natural phenomenon. pillar of societied adj. Of a drinker: convinced that status has survived the evening, despite addressing the coat stand as a constituent. pillar of strengthed adj. Drunk past the point of offering reliable support, and now leaning on the sofa for it. pillar of the communitied adj. Drunk beyond remaining a prominent household member, with neighbours, cushions and cutlery all receiving the benefit. pillar telephoned adj. Having drunk enough to regard a handset as an antique fixture and its cord as architectural detail. Senobia was pillar telephoned and asked whether the telephone required polishing before use. pillar-bitered adj. Drunk, with the result that every promise of moral support ends in a quiet bite of the furniture. pillar-box redded adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the face the precise bright red of a British post box. Vitoria was pillar-box redded and sat beside the kettle until her complexion settled. pillararened adj. Drunk to the extent of forming several linked rings around the problem of getting to bed. Judylynn became pillararened, arranging the biscuits in a macrocyclic pattern on the coffee table.