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roll milled adj. Describing a drinker who grinds every companion down between one fixed opinion and another. roll numbered adj. Drunk beyond recognising that admission to the pub has already been recorded against you. roll of armsed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every family, pub and football shirt appear heraldically significant. roll of snowed adj. Drunk, with the result that a stolen length of linen seems an entirely reasonable bar accessory. roll of the diced adj. Drunk to a degree that makes one wager the taxi fare on a single throw. roll rated adj. Drunk to the extent of changing direction faster than an aircraft and with less justification. roll stepped adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated sideways advances, each presented as deliberate progress. roll upped adj. Drunk enough to wrap one thought around another and serve the resulting parcel as an argument. Cynne grew roll upped and enclosed every factual point in several layers of anecdote. roll-necked adj. Drunk to the extent of hiding the face in knitwear whenever last orders are mentioned. roll-onned adj. Drunk since last orders, and compressed into the evening's remaining clothes with some difficulty. roll-outed adj. Drunk by closing time, and gradually deploying the body towards the nearest available taxi. Neysa was roll-outed, gradually deploying towards the nearest available taxi. roll-overed adj. Sharpened by drink into incrementing every conversation, then returning abruptly to its opening point. roll-playinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and assigning numerical scores to fellow drinkers while neglecting their actual character. roll-top desked adj. Loosened by drink into parallel sections, each capable of retreating when useful. Grimm became roll-top desked and withdrew behind separate portions of his dinner. roll-topped adj. Emboldened by drink to conceal the important matter behind a smooth, retractable front. Jeraldo got roll-topped and hid the missing crisps behind an impressive conversational facade. roll-upped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the filling from the wrapper, or either from the plate.