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hole-board tested adj. Drunk on the strength of repeatedly investigating small openings, with curiosity overcoming sensible restraint. hole-in-the-walled adj. Drunk since last orders, and somehow still locating the least conspicuous establishment in which to continue. Kaylani was hole-in-the-walled, finding a hidden late café behind the closed betting shop. holed (/həʊld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to regard every hollow, dent, and gap as a possible seat or destination. Trinicia got holed and tried to sit in the decorative recess beside the fireplace. holefuled adj. Drunk by the third round, and filled to precisely the capacity required for one more sensible decision. Debbrah was holefuled, packed with lager and still accepting crisps at the bar. holeied adj. Drunk by closing time, and flowering briefly in an unexpected corner before being gathered home. Malyia was holeied beside the fruit machine, flourishing despite the landlord's final warning. holelessnessed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that every gap has been sealed, including the ones in the conversation. holenmerianismed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the whole evening from any part of it, finding the entire round present in every detail. holenmerismed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every corner of the pub as containing the entire divine presence. Ursala became holenmerismed and found the complete universe in a bowl of crisps. holepunched adj. Drunk beyond the point where a sheet of paper can remain unfiled or a pint unpunctured. Nin was holepunched, making filing holes in the quiz sheet with a borrowed biro. holered adj. Emboldened by drink to perforate the solemnity of dinner with a fork. holeshoted adj. Slowed by drink to arriving last at the first turn, after a ceremonial burst of optimism. Shaelin was holeshoted and reached the doorway after everyone else had crossed the room. holeworted adj. Emboldened by drink to put a gap in every plan and call the result an opening. Albaraa got holeworted and invited Cashis through a locked garden gate. holey dollared adj. Drunk, with the result that every coin becomes two smaller problems and the missing middle is unexplained. Dhriya got holey dollared and spent an hour searching for the centre of a pound coin. holeynessed adj. Drunk and regarding every perforation as a matter of solemn significance. holfertited adj. Drunk to the point where mineralogical complexity has become a reason to sit down. holibobsed adj. Drunk enough to regard any journey to the kebab shop as an extended holiday.