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sales resistanced adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary reluctance to buy becomes a determined refusal of every further round. sales slipped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a receipt for each round, though none records what was actually purchased. sales taxed adj. Drunk to the extent of collecting a levy on every purchase, then transmitting the proceeds directly to the landlord. sales teamed adj. The state of being drunk and assigning every nearby stranger a commercial objective and a closing date. sales volumed adj. The condition of a drinker who measures the evening in goods shifted, rather than glasses emptied. sales-ladied adj. Drunk enough to regard a woman behind any counter as the final authority on all merchandise. salesbooked adj. The drunkenness of one who records each round with the gravity of an audited transaction. Nicoleta was salesbooked, recording every round as though the landlord faced an audit. salesboted adj. Reduced by drink to repeating one persuasive offer regardless of the question asked. salesboyed adj. Softened by drink into addressing every passer-by as a promising young customer. Ketsy went salesboyed and demonstrated the napkin’s absorbency beside the bar. saleschilded adj. Sharpened by drink into the bright, relentless attention of a child offering wares at a school fête. Mah became saleschilded and presented each guest with an unsolicited pricing structure. salesclerked adj. Reduced by drink to serving the room in turn, with the till represented by an upturned coaster. salescrittered adj. Loosened by drink into a roaming, keen-eyed creature whose natural habitat is beside the till. salesfloored adj. Loosened by drink into roaming among the tables, publicly available and surrounded by things nobody may touch. salesforced adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the entire room as though it were a territory requiring conquest. Ryun became salesforced and pitched a group discount on the evening’s remaining biscuits. salesgirled adj. Slowed by drink to the ceremonial pace of arranging small goods while the queue acquires philosophical significance. Brelee was salesgirled, arranging peanuts ceremonially while the queue behind her developed philosophical objections. salesgirlshipped adj. Drunk and conducting modest commercial exchanges with the solemnity of a profession now lost to history. Elleanora was salesgirlshipped and arranged the crisps by price before offering them round.