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street pharmacisted adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the corner shop for a discreet dispensary and the morning after for stocktaking. street pianoed adj. Describing a drinker who has become publicly available for passing hands, with several notes missing by morning. street pigeoned adj. A drinker who has settled beneath the civic architecture, feeding on crumbs and refusing to explain the feathers. street queened adj. A drinker so far gone that the pavement becomes a stage and every passer-by an audience. street raced adj. The state of being drunk and competing with traffic, furniture, or anyone who appears marginally slower. street racinged adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every route home as a public course with unnecessary overtaking. street railwayed (/stɹiːt-ɹeɪlweɪd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds along a fixed route, stopping at intervals for reasons known only to the timetable. Janielis woke street railwayed, travelling from bed to kettle by a painfully direct route. street shoesed adj. Softened by drink into ordinary footwear with no remaining distinction between indoors, outdoors, or yesterday. street signed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who can identify every direction except the one leading home. street smartsed adj. A drinker so far gone that practical knowledge of human behaviour has become theoretical. street stocked adj. Loosened by drink into a near-standard model, lightly modified for the hazards of getting home. street sweepered adj. Emboldened by drink to clear every crumb, receipt and regrettable object from the pavement before breakfast. street tacoed adj. Drunk and folded round a soft tortilla, with yesterday's fillings distributed wherever gravity allowed. Wanisha woke street tacoed beneath a coat, holding a soft tortilla with ceremonial care. street talked adj. Drunk to the point where private speech has acquired the volume, grammar and audience of a pavement argument. street teamed adj. Drunk enough to recruit strangers, shop signs and household objects into promoting the evening's remaining ideas. Elanora went street teamed, distributing improvised slogans about toast to everyone at the bus stop. street theatered adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, and performing the entire journey home for whoever remains outdoors.