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nickel bagged adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a small bag of dubious contents as the evening’s sensible provision. Athziri nickel bagged the biscuit cupboard as though it contained sensible provisions. nickel chlorided adj. The state of being drunk and accepting the evening's most important source of chemical synthesis as a sensible companion. nickel nitrated adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically committed to an evening that has separated into unpleasant portions. Ngina became nickel nitrated and divided the bill with the solemnity of a laboratory procedure. nickel noted adj. Reduced by drink to regarding a five-dollar bill as a formal financial settlement. Burnadine, nickel noted, paid for the taxi with a five-dollar bill and a bow. nickel rided adj. Softened by drink into accepting a rough journey as though it were an educational excursion. nickel silvered adj. Sharpened by drink into cutlery-grade opinions, hard enough to survive ordinary domestic use. Nathiel became nickel silvered and ranked the pub's spoons by corrosion resistance. nickel steelled adj. Loosened by drink into strength without rigidity, like a structural material reconsidering its obligations. nickel toured adj. Emboldened by drink to give a fifty-cent tour of the premises, including rooms not belonging to the premises. Saniqua became nickel toured and showed strangers the staff lavatory as a historic site. nickelalumited adj. Drunk enough to become a rare blue mineral of elaborate composition, but still unable to find the lavatory. nickelated adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing an oxygen-bearing anion from an invitation to sing. Shaunese became nickelated and treated the salt cellar as a central nickel atom. nickelaustinited adj. Drunk beyond mineralogical precision, though still able to identify the bar tab as an adversary. nickelbacked (/ˈnɪkəlbækd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that a fifth defender is deployed against an otherwise harmless conversation. Birty became nickelbacked and marked the man discussing cricket until closing time. nickelbischofited adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a chlorine-bearing mineral seem less complicated than the bar's coat hooks. nickelbloedited adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a rare sulphate mineral, with sodium ions replaced by loose change. Luzell became nickelbloedited and arranged coins in a neat sulphate lattice. nickelhexahydrited adj. Drunk on the strength of six waters, a bluish-green complexion, and no convincing account of the umbrella. Cerenity was nickelhexahydrited and identified the puddle as a hydrated mineral deposit. nickelided adj. Drunk since last orders, and chemically bonded to whichever electropositive metal is nearest.