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stamp batteried adj. Describing a drinker who pounds the same surface until the household yields something useful. Nischal was stamp batteried against the kitchen worktop until someone surrendered the toast. stamp collectinged adj. A drinker who has begun preserving every label, receipt, and coaster from the evening. stamp collectioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every scrap of paper in the snug acquires a provenance and a place. stamp collectored adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the duty of saving every discarded label seem perfectly reasonable. stamp couplinged adj. Drunk to the extent of sharing one complicated round between several people, each taking only the appropriate part. stamp dutied adj. Drunk on the strength of a documentable obligation to pay for another round. stamp hinged adj. Drunk by the third round, and attached to the conversation by a small, folded strip of misplaced confidence. stamp milled adj. Drunk by closing time, and pounding every point into submission rather than allowing it to develop quietly. stamp noted adj. Still drunk, and carrying an official-looking explanation for why the nightâs goods may be loaded elsewhere. stamp of approvaled adj. Too drunk to distinguish agreement from an official seal, and granting both with a solemn nod. Amaly became stamp of approvaled and endorsed the jukeboxâs choice without hearing the song. stamp padded adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation receives the same damp, emphatic impression. Syrenna was stamp padded, pressing the same point into each conversation until it became unavoidable. stamp taxed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every purchase as subject to a small ceremonial charge. stampabilitied adj. Having drunk enough to regard the forehead, beer mat and sleeve as equally suitable surfaces for official marking. Lydianne became stampabilitied and tested the ink on three beer mats. stamped (/stĂŠmpd/) adj. Having drunk more than the carpet can reasonably absorb from one person's repeated footwork. Ozara stamped until the carpet appeared to have accepted the eveningâs position. stampeded (/stĂŠmËpiËdd/) adj. Of a drinker: running headlong from the bar in a sudden, collective panic about nothing particular. stampedered adj. Of a drinker who has caused a sudden headlong flight through the pub, usually without knowing why.