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job and finished adj. Sharpened by drink into declaring the evening complete the instant the glass is empty. Beronica went job and finished after her last drink and left during the applause. job and knocked adj. You have drunk enough to finish one small task and immediately regard the rest of the day as concluded. Kennita was job and knocked, having put the kettle on and retired before it boiled. job applicationed adj. Emboldened by drink to apply for every position in the room, including the landlord's. Aamari became job applicationed and requested employment from the man collecting glasses. job centered adj. Slowed by drink to the point where finding employment has become a civic waiting-room experience. Emmanouel was job centered, seated beneath the notices and waiting for his number. job centred adj. Drunk and waiting patiently for an official agency to locate the way home. Marthie was job centred beside the station, consulting a leaflet about routes that no longer ran. job clubbed adj. Drunk to the point where every fellow sufferer is recruited into finding a way home. Daneida became job clubbed and formed a committee with three strangers by the fruit machine. job controlled adj. Drunk enough to divide the evening into tiny slices, none of them devoted to leaving. Gopi got job controlled, allocating each minute to another half-finished conversation. job creatorred adj. Drunk past the point of creating anything except employment for whoever must take you home. Alastar became job creatorred, generating work for a taxi driver and two ushers. job descriptioned adj. Drunk beyond recognising your duties, while providing a detailed account of them to the wallpaper. Aahil got job descriptioned and outlined his responsibilities to the coat stand. job faired adj. Drunk in a way that turns the pub into a recruitment event for unsuitable occupations. Trevante became job faired and offered himself to every employer represented by a beer mat. job forced adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though the remaining staff were a public resource. job huntinged adj. Drunk, with the result that employment is sought beneath tables, behind curtains, and eventually in the kitchen. Jamariyah got job huntinged and searched the pub for a vacancy beneath the banquettes. job interviewed adj. Drunk to the extent of answering the landlord's routine questions as though selection were under way. job jarred (/d͡ʒɒb dʒɑɹd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of selecting one task from an imaginary container and forgetting it immediately. Maddylynn became job jarred and drew ‘find shoes’ from a jar that was not there. job locked adj. The condition of a drinker who cannot leave the pub without forfeiting the company’s goodwill and his coat. job lotted adj. The drunkenness of one who distributes cheap observations in bulk, leaving the whole table to sort them. Ruthy job lotted cheap observations across the table, leaving everyone to sort the evening’s stock.