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pecker milled adj. Sufficiently drunk to process the rice, crumbs and cereal of the kitchen into one uneven domestic supply. Sophiamarie was pecker milled and sorted rice from the worktop into three unreliable piles. pecker snotted adj. Having drunk enough to leave the sofa, the glass and all further arrangements in a questionable state. Fenway became pecker snotted and abandoned the water glass beneath the sofa. peckered (/ˈpɛkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and poking at the kitchen cupboards as though each might yield a bird's meal. Mathylde remained peckered, probing the cupboard for crackers after everyone had gone to bed. peckerheaded adj. You have drunk enough to become the unpleasant authority on how everyone should arrange the cushions. Akeilah got peckerheaded and issued sofa instructions until the room fell quiet. peckerwood sawmilled adj. Of a drinker: reduced to producing uneven household arrangements from cushions, blankets and furniture. Alicen was peckerwood sawmilled, constructing a crooked bed from the sofa cushions. peckfulled adj. Of a drinker who has filled the kitchen with enough water, crumbs and crockery for a dry measure. Kimbal was peckfulled, having accumulated a peck's worth of glasses beside the sofa. peckhamited adj. Describing a drinker who has settled heavily into the sofa, dense, quiet and difficult to relocate. Gurjas became peckhamited and sank into the sofa beneath a weighty blanket. peckhorned adj. A drinker who sounds an alto note when asked whether the kitchen glass has been filled. Chalen was peckhorned and answered the water question with a low, sustained note. peckinessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every remark seems worth picking at over another half. Koston got peckinessed and found fault with the landlord’s choice of crisps. pecking ordered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning everyone in the snug a rank and defending it. Soreya became pecking ordered and placed the regulars according to authority. peckinged (/ˈpɛkɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that every conversation receives a small, persistent jab. Ameka got peckinged and prodded the same point until closing time. peckishnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of mild hunger, and consequently treating pork scratchings as supper. Catrell got peckishnessed and ordered crisps before considering another pint. pecky cypressed adj. Drunk since last orders, and softening gradually into the nearest coat or banquette. Kasima was pecky cypressed, slumped against the settle as though waiting out weather. pecoraited adj. Drunk by the third round, and darkening to a mineral certainty about the evening. Glendy grew pecoraited and insisted the pub’s green tiles held significance. pecoranned adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving in a herd towards the taxi rank. Anuja was pecoranned, following the departing regulars without asking where they went. pecorinoed adj. Still drunk, and hardening into a strong opinion best served in thin slices. Ramez remained pecorinoed, arguing that the ploughman’s lunch required more pickle.