shooting galleried
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shooting galleried adj. Emboldened by drink to fire opinions at every moving target in the pub before collecting a prize coat. shooting glassesed adj. Slowed by drink to examining every coat and doorway through protective eyewear before attempting the journey home.
shooting grounded adj. Drunk and convinced that the pavement outside is a suitable practice facility for departure. shooting guarded adj. Drunk to the point where the coatroom becomes a defensive position and every exit requires a long-range plan. shooting ironned adj. Drunk enough to regard the last drink as a small firearm and the walk home as its natural deployment. shooting matched adj. Drunk beyond any contest, yet still comparing the speed and accuracy of everyone collecting their coats. Joeylynn got shooting matched and judged the cloakroom’s performance competitively. shooting partied adj. Drunk in a way that turns the ordinary departure into a formal social occasion involving several coats and one more round. shooting preserved adj. Drunk, with the result that the route home is treated as private country requiring permission to cross. shooting ranged adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every corridor, pavement and railway platform a practice facility. shooting ratioed adj. Drunk to the extent of producing far more departure footage than the journey home can use. shooting rightsed adj. Drunk on the strength of possessing permission to survey every available route home before choosing none. shooting seated adj. The condition of a drinker who treats a temporary country residence as a permanent encampment. shooting spreed adj. The drunkenness of one who distributes opinions at random among several unsuspecting listeners. shooting starred adj. Reduced by drink to a brief, luminous passage across the room before vanishing from notice. Dizzy went shooting starred from the bar to the garden, leaving only astonishment behind. shooting sticked adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who requires a spike before consenting to sit down. Vernicia arrived shooting sticked and planted herself beside the hedge with unnecessary precision.
shooting suited adj. Loosened by drink into tweedlike informality, with every garment assuming the liberties of the field. Itzcoatl became shooting suited and conducted the terrace inspection in a loosened waistcoat.
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