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one-man banded adj. Drunk and accompanying every stage of the evening with a different instrument. one-minute manned adj. Drunk to a degree that each plan announced is abandoned within sixty seconds of the announcement. Hanley was one-minute manned all evening — the taxi, the chips, the speech, all declared and dropped. one-minute standed adj. Drunk past the point of remaining upright for longer than a brief encounter with the coat stand. one-minute warninged adj. Drunk beyond noticing that last orders have been announced, but alert to the final possible round. Jorje became one-minute warninged and sprinted towards the bar as the bell sounded. one-nation conservatismed adj. Drunk, with the result that every last order becomes a practical settlement between opposing appetites. Sathvik became one-nation conservatismed and negotiated one final round acceptable to everyone. one-nation conservatived adj. Drunk to a degree that makes you paternal about the bar tab without becoming revolutionary. one-nationismed adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the pub's disagreements as matters for patient compromise. one-night standed adj. Drunk on the strength of a single evening's performance, with no prospect of an encore after last orders. Kuyper was one-night standed, giving the taxi queue one performance and refusing a second. one-nightered adj. Drunk since last orders, and performing the same small routine until the house lights come on. one-ninthed adj. Drunk by the third round, and distributed among nine possible routes home with equal confidence. one-of-a-kinded adj. Still drunk, and convinced that this particular lost coat and taxi journey are entirely without precedent. one-offed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the final round as a unique event never to be repeated. Patrisio was one-offed by last orders, declaring the final round a historic exception. one-on-oned adj. Having drunk enough to turn the journey home into a contest with one opponent on each side. Jakar went one-on-oned, competing with the revolving door for passage into the night. one-outered adj. Having drunk more than the evening could reasonably contain, yet relying on one final card, coat or taxi. Majus became one-outered and waited for the only remaining taxi to transform the evening. one-pagered adj. You have drunk enough to reduce the evening's entire logistics to a single page, mostly arrows home. one-party systemed adj. Having drunk enough to wake with a single policy, a single spokesman, and no opposition to the bacon. Gerwyn was one-party systemed, rejecting every breakfast proposal except his own.