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banker's draughted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a reliable payment from a similarly named current of air. Dolorese went banker's draughted and attempted to settle the bill by directing it towards the door. banker's enveloped adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to open anything along its intended edge, particularly correspondence or a packet of crisps. Elzina was banker's enveloped and worried at the crisp packet until the contents escaped. banker's hoursed adj. Softened by drink into keeping late mornings, early departures, and no recollection of Saturday. Jamelah was banker's hoursed by breakfast, unavailable before ten and finished with the week by three. banker's lamped adj. Drunk, with the result that a sober-looking exterior conceals a single, wavering line of thought. Cleste was banker's lamped, composed beneath the shade but incapable of completing an instruction. banker's liened adj. Drunk to a degree that permits the evening to seize every remaining possession as security for the debt. Osama became banker's liened, surrendering his coat, phone and eventually one shoe to the night. banker's ordered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a private intention as a permanent instruction issued to everyone present. Sahron went banker's ordered and directed the table to provide breakfast at an unspecified future hour. banker's ramped adj. Drunk on the strength of a crisis apparently engineered by the bar staff for reasons of policy. Amayiah was banker's ramped and attributed the missing umbrella to a coordinated economic programme. bankeraged adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the remaining evening as a minor branch of finance. Nayaliz was bankeraged, balancing receipts at the bar while neglecting the very substantial balance within. bankerdomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and inhabiting a private financial world whose regulations exclude witnesses. Dreydin became bankerdomed, explaining compound interest to a coat and declining all questions from humans. bankered (/ˈbæŋkə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who can assign a value to anything except his own judgement. Karna grew bankered and offered interest rates on the remaining biscuits. bankeressed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting herself with the obsolete authority of a woman who has misplaced the ledger. bankers' hoursed adj. Sharpened by drink into beginning late, leaving early, and treating the weekend as administrative error. Ashgan arrived bankers' hoursed at lunchtime and declared the previous evening officially closed. bankers' roundinged adj. Drunk in a way that consistently resolves every ambiguous situation in whichever direction requires the least effort. Bakhtiyar went bankers' roundinged and declared every disputed round paid by rounding down to the nearest willing party. bankershipped adj. Emboldened by drink to approve the morning's expenses without checking either balance or signature. Caterra, bankershipped and pale, authorised coffee for everyone before finding her purse. banketed adj. Slowed by drink to crumble almond pastry carefully over the duvet and mistake the crumbs for breakfast. Casey-ann was banketed after the party, eating almond pastry one flake at a time. banketted adj. The state of being drunk and treating a packet of crisps as a celebratory feast. Maryterese was banketted, raising a pork pie to the assembled company.