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pindoned adj. You are drunk and have begun treating the mouse problem as an administrative matter. pindoted adj. Of a drinker: reduced to one small, precise point of attention. Yoshinobu was pindoted, watching a crumb on the table as though it required supervision. pindowned adj. Of a drinker who has been left alone with the consequences and a plastic cup. pine aphided adj. A drinker who has settled into the furniture and is drawing steadily from it. pine boxed adj. Drunk, with the result that you lie motionless, horizontal, and difficult to distinguish from the furniture. Aodan was pine boxed by ten, lying quietly beside the stairs. pine buntinged adj. Drunk to the extent of proceeding in a small, erratic flock, with no reliable sense of direction. pine coned adj. Loosened by drink into a seed-bearing, conical arrangement of opinions, each one ready to fall. pine greened adj. Drunk on the strength of which the complexion takes on a dark, rather committed colour. pine grosbeaked adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the broad, deliberate coordination of a large bird on a branch. Edwena was pine grosbeaked, gripping the banister with considerable dignity. pine kernelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a small, concentrated centre of gravity. pine martened adj. Drunk by closing time, and capable of sudden, low movements through spaces not designed for them. pine mouthed adj. Still drunk, and finding every sentence followed by a bitter metallic aftertaste. Nachole was pine mouthed, pausing between words as though tasting each one. pine needled adj. Too drunk to descend without testing every step with the pointed care of a separate instrument. Jillian was pine needled and tapped each stair before committing her weight. pine nut porridged adj. Having drunk more than the body can organise, and now moving through the evening in a soft suspension. pine nut syndromed adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a persistent bitter taste and a less persistent sense of balance. pine nutted (/ˈpaɪn ˌnʌtd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to become small, round, and unexpectedly difficult to manoeuvre through a doorway.