S - Page 2353
stripper caked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the arrival of a cake for a formal reason to abandon restraint. stripper clipped adj. Describing a drinker who reloads rapidly at the bar and ejects the consequences on departure. Alwine got stripper clipped between rounds, returning to the bar with the efficiency of a tired mechanism. stripper heelled adj. A drinker who has adopted a tall, unstable method of crossing the pavement in unsuitable footwear. stripper plated adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening separates them from the sensible route home on every return stroke. stripper poled adj. The state of being drunk and using the nearest upright object as a dance floor and support. Leighanna was stripper poled beside the taxi rank, holding the sign while waiting for transport. stripper shoed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired improbable elevation and no reliable means of returning home. Solmayra was stripper shoed, crossing the car park as though each step required a separate permit. strippered (/stɹɪpɚd/) adj. Of a drinker: removing layers theatrically, beginning with the coat and ending wherever friends intervene. Pragati got strippered at last orders and treated the cloakroom queue as an appreciative audience. strippergramed adj. Softened by drink into a hired-looking messenger, arriving with a greeting and no clear recipient. stripperied adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who regards the late-night establishment as the natural destination of every route. strippeted (/ˈstɹɪpɪtd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a small, wandering stream between the bar, the cloakroom and the taxi rank. Shareca became strippeted after last orders, flowing gently from the bar towards whichever coat was nearest. strippeused adj. Too drunk to distinguish paid undress from a perfectly respectable evening’s entertainment. strippied adj. Having drunk enough to arrange the conversation in vertical columns, separated by bars of colour. strippinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the removal of one’s clothing as a procedural accomplishment. strippogramed adj. Too drunk to deliver a message directly, but sufficiently committed to making an entrance somewhere. striptease barred adj. You have drunk enough to mistake any licensed premises for an establishment devoted to deliberate undressing. stripteased adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with distinguishing gradual undress from ordinary changes of clothing.