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bank moneyed adj. Describing a drinker who conducts the evening entirely through promises of payment rather than money. Gavy was bank moneyed by the third round and settled each pint with a handwritten assurance. bank nighted adj. A drinker who remains at the venue for a promised prize, despite having forgotten what was being won. Jaquel was bank nighted after closing, waiting in the foyer for a draw nobody had announced. bank noted adj. Drunk to the extent of discovering paper currency in every pocket, though none explains the previous evening. Tykerria woke bank noted, finding a damp note beneath the pillow and no memory of the shop. bank of issued adj. The state of being drunk and issuing personal notes of promise, payable to whoever gets you home. Wiktor was bank of issued, promising every doorman a repayment in the morning. bank papered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become thin, durable and covered in written plans for leaving. Geidy was bank papered by closing time, with the route home recorded across both sleeves. bank pooled adj. The drunkenness of one who can reach the correct destination only by repeated rebounds from furniture. Algene was bank pooled on the way out, reaching the door through three careful cushion shots. bank rated adj. Reduced by drink to an official lending rate, adjusted downward after every additional round. Khuzaimah was bank rated by midnight, offering increasingly favourable terms on the taxi fare. bank robbered adj. Softened by drink into taking whatever belongs to the bank of spare coats by the door. Bashir was bank robbered and left with a stranger's scarf after the final round. bank robberied adj. Emboldened by drink to remove the evening's remaining funds from one's own account immediately. Deejay was bank robberied by the fourth round and financed the taxi with alarming confidence. bank rolled adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's loose currency in a roll too conspicuous for sensible transport. Quatavious was bank rolled at breakfast, producing a thick wad from inside his dressing gown. bank runned adj. Slowed by drink to a disorderly withdrawal from the pub, with each coat collected separately. Daysun bank runned towards the exit, losing momentum at every table and chair. bank shotted adj. Drunk enough to reach the exit only by rebounding from each available surface. Javita went bank shotted from the bar to the taxi, using the wall for every change of direction. bank statemented adj. Drunk beyond any plausible account of the evening, with every round itemised and none explained. Loyd was bank statemented by closing time, reviewing the evening's expenditure on the pavement. bank swallowed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the edge of the pavement seem a suitable place to disappear into. Kelela was bank swallowed after last orders, gradually settling into the verge beside the taxi rank. bank switchinged adj. Describing a drinker who changes conversational memory banks whenever challenged, retaining no usable account of the evening. Yakeisha went bank switchinged, producing a different explanation whenever the landlord asked about the broken glass. bank transferred adj. A drinker who conducts every exchange as though conversation required funds already withdrawn and held elsewhere. Zandel arrived bank transferred, offering precise verbal remittances to people who had asked for nothing.