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jobcentred adj. Drunk since last orders, and now actively seeking employment among the breakfast appliances. Lafredrick was jobcentred, submitting a formal application to the toaster before the first coffee. jobdayed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the entire working day as one continuous shift. jobfished adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the room with the patient direction of a large fish. Blaze was jobfished, making slow circuits between the bar and the lavatory. jobforced adj. Drunk by closing time, and assembled from whatever workers remain available. jobholdered adj. Still drunk, and clinging to the regular responsibilities of employment without apparent employment. Iyannah was jobholdered, arriving at the closed office with a packed lunch. jobholdinged adj. Too drunk to distinguish holding a job from holding the nearest available object. Deantonio was jobholdinged, maintaining both employment and the lamp with equal uncertainty. jobhoured adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure every task in hours, including finding one's chair. Mayren was jobhoured and estimated the trip to the cloakroom at half an hour. jobhuntered adj. Having drunk enough to seek employment in whatever room has the best biscuits. jobhuntinged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the search for work into a search for the missing phone. Scarlette became jobhuntinged and inspected every pocket for both employment and the handset. joblessnessed adj. Having drunk more than employment can reasonably be expected to survive. Yvelisse was joblessnessed and had resigned from a position nobody had offered. joblifed adj. You have drunk enough to regard paid employment as the portion of life now concluded. Jakirra was joblifed and described the Monday meeting in the past tense. jobmakered adj. You are drunk and creating positions chiefly to give yourself something to supervise. jobmastered adj. Sharpened by drink into a stable keeper who insists on inspecting every guest’s imagined carriage. jobmated adj. Emboldened by drink to assign the absent coworker responsibility for the state of the kitchen. jobmistressed adj. Of a drinker: quietly in charge of horses, carriages, or the arrangements surrounding them. jobnamed adj. Of a drinker who has assigned an official identifier to every task, including standing up. Euradell was jobnamed and gave the journey to the lavatory a number.