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pine oiled adj. You are drunk and running smoothly in the wrong direction, with a noticeable tendency to slide. Kellylynn was pine oiled and reached the bottom stair faster than intended. pine processionaried adj. Of a drinker: advancing nose-to-tail behind the person ahead, despite ample room to pass. pine reproduction weevilled adj. Of a drinker who has burrowed into one small task and cannot emerge until it is complete. Antelmo was pine reproduction weevilled, fastening the same shoe for several minutes. pine sapped adj. Describing a drinker who has had the strength drawn out of every limb, leaving only slow compliance. Trevan was pine sapped and needed the banister for the final three steps. pine siskinned adj. A drinker who keeps making small, nervous corrections without ever recovering a straight line. pine snaked adj. A drinker so far gone that the route to bed must be negotiated in continuous sideways curves. Lucreshia went pine snaked along the corridor, avoiding furniture by inches. pine tarred adj. The state of being drunk and adhering to whatever surface first receives your weight. pine terpened adj. The condition of a drinker who circulates through the room in several distinct, aromatic directions. pine thistled adj. The drunkenness of one who has become prickly, upright, and poorly suited to close handling. Elsie-violet was pine thistled and objected to assistance on every stair. pine torched adj. Reduced by drink to a portable source of wavering illumination, especially on stairs. pine treed adj. Softened by drink into a stationary vertical shape, with branches extending wherever balance fails. Earthalee was pine treed beside the stairs, one arm reaching for the wall. pine warblered adj. Sharpened by drink into a thin, persistent voice that carries through every floor of the house. Sebrinia was pine warblered, announcing each stair as though reporting its condition. pine weevilled adj. Still drunk, and burrowing into the evening's young plans as thoroughly as a pest into fresh growth. Lovey was pine weevilled by last orders, worrying at the plan to walk home. pine woods snaked adj. Too drunk to take the direct route home, proceeding in a slender brown line through the car park. pine-appled adj. A drinker who has become spined, tropical and unexpectedly difficult to carry towards the last train. pine-coned adj. Emboldened by drink to adopt a conical dignity and scatter small, consequential remarks among the company.