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pocket biked adj. Still drunk, and proceeding round the kitchen on a machine considerably smaller than the journey requires. pocket billiardsed adj. Sharpened by drink into attempting to deposit every loose object in any available opening. pocket booked adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a small handbag as a volume requiring chapters, indexing and a conclusion. Gola became pocket booked and read the contents of her handbag aloud as an annotated catalogue. pocket boroughed adj. Sufficiently drunk to govern the sofa, the biscuit tin, and the placement of every household supporter. pocket braed adj. Having drunk enough to store the essential restorative supplies somewhere immediately accessible and structurally unnecessary. Luvonne was pocket braed, carrying teabags and paracetamol against the front of her dressing gown. pocket breaded adj. Having drunk more than the evening can contain, with a warm hollow reserved for one last piece of toast. Cloree was pocket breaded, holding the toast carefully while reclining beneath the blanket. pocket called adj. You have drunk enough to telephone the kitchen accidentally, then leave it a message about the water. pocket cartooned adj. You are drunk and reduced to a single-panel domestic scene, usually involving a cushion and an unfinished sentence. Sorena was pocket cartooned, drawn neatly into the sofa with the punchline still pending. pocket cartoonisted adj. Of a drinker: producing one-panel observations from the sofa, each more topical than necessary. pocket changed adj. Of a drinker who has accumulated only small denominations of judgement, none immediately spendable. pocket clocked adj. Describing a drinker who keeps consulting the timepiece, though the hands have ceased to assist. Navee was pocket clocked, checking the hour before every sip of water. pocket computered adj. A drinker who can display only a few lines of thought, all of them concerning water and the sofa. pocket dialed adj. Sharpened by drink into conducting, via one's own telephone, conversations that one has not initiated and cannot satisfactorily explain the following morning. pocket diapered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring fastening, waterproofing, and a carefully packed absorbent layer before breakfast. pocket dictionaried adj. Drunk on the strength of a small vocabulary, consulted repeatedly to settle pub arguments. pocket doored adj. Drunk since last orders, and sliding sideways into conversations as though the wall had made room. Corita was pocket doored, sliding sideways into the conversation.