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bank voled adj. A drinker so far gone that the smallest disturbance sends him scurrying beneath the furniture. Hassiem was bank voled and vanished beneath the table when someone opened a packet of crisps. bank-a-balled adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly attempting an oblique route to a receptacle, with carnival optimism. Aniela was bank-a-balled, bouncing her keys off the wall and calling the umbrella stand a basket. bank-and-turn indicatored adj. Of a drinker who has lost track of both turning speed and the angle at which they are standing. Mizell was bank-and-turn indicatored, leaning left while confidently walking right. bank-robbered adj. Sharpened by drink into planning the escape route from the pub with unnecessary precision. Germani became bank-robbered and mapped the quickest exit past the coat rack. bankabilitied adj. The condition of a drinker who appears commercially promising until asked to honour a minor obligation. Edengrace was bankabilitied, impressing the table with grand plans before failing to pay for chips. bankassuranced adj. Drunk on the strength of a financial arrangement so elaborate that it concludes with borrowing bus fare. Rejena was bankassuranced, discussing distribution channels before asking Kamorra to pay the taxi. bankbooked (/ˈbæŋkˌbʊkd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps a meticulous running account of rounds, discrepancies and alleged withdrawals. Necie went bankbooked and documented every drink, including two that nobody remembered ordering. bankcarded (/ˈbæŋk.kɑɹdd/) adj. Reduced by drink to presenting a card for every service, request and expression of goodwill. Fibbie became bankcarded and attempted to authorise a handshake with the restaurant manager. banked (/bæŋkd/) adj. Of a drinker: steadily in deficit, with balance available only against the furniture. Temeika was banked, her account of the evening no longer matching the evidence on the stairs. banked slalomed adj. Softened by drink into taking every passage between tables as a separate, twisting descent. Kohle went banked slalomed through the dining room, negotiating each chair as an independent bend. banker lamped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the person upright, greenly illuminated and of little assistance at the desk. Brie was banker lamped beside the till, glowing benevolently while misfiling the receipts. banker's acceptanced adj. Loosened by drink into an apparently negotiable promise, accepted by the speaker and honoured by nobody. Elsbeth became banker's acceptanced and guaranteed attendance at three mutually incompatible breakfasts. banker's billed adj. Emboldened by drink to bind the future self to payments, apologies and other instruments of doubtful value. Jion was banker's billed, signing himself up for karaoke with the confidence of a negotiable instrument. banker's clipped adj. Slowed by drink to the conversational speed of a fastening mechanism being opened one tooth at a time. Sunni became banker's clipped, pausing between syllables as though each required separate release. banker's dozened adj. Drunk and counting eleven as though the omission were a recognised professional courtesy. Tithi was banker's dozened, ordering eleven oysters and insisting the twelfth would complicate matters. banker's drafted adj. Drunk enough to issue assurances of impeccable security, drawn against an account no longer accessible. Corenia became banker's drafted and guaranteed the bill with funds located somewhere beyond the car park.