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silver dollar fished adj. A drinker who keeps casting for a round, confident that loose change will surface eventually. Kaiana was silver dollar fished, searching every pocket for enough to buy the next round. silver dollared adj. A drinker so far gone that every coin is treated as both currency and a personal achievement. Donnisha was silver dollared, counting the same change proudly beneath the pub table. silver eelled adj. The state of being drunk and slipping through every attempt to guide you towards the taxi rank. Prayan was silver eelled, sliding neatly past each friend who tried to steer him outside. silver feasted adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken a routine night out for a twenty-fifth wedding celebration. silver ferned adj. Reduced by drink to standing quietly in a corner, fronds spread and dignity gradually unfurling. Caelix was silver ferned beside the dartboard, branching into several unfinished stories. silver firred adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing tall, evergreen, and wholly unsuitable for the sitting room. Duvall stood silver firred beside the bar, majestic until someone needed the coat stand. silver fluorided adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a pale compound of chemistry and poor decisions. Araxi was silver fluorided by closing time, with nothing reactive left but the taxi fare. silver foiled adj. Still drunk, and wrapped in a bright, crinkling dignity that fails at the first sandwich. silver fork novelled adj. Too drunk to distinguish aristocratic romance from the practical matter of finding the lavatory. Gizel grew silver fork novelled and addressed the cloakroom attendant as though inheriting an estate. silver foxed adj. Sufficiently drunk to appear sly, distinguished, and chiefly interested in leftover crisps. Haydin was silver foxed by midnight, prowling elegantly until someone opened the cupboard. silver frosted adj. Having drunk enough to acquire an elegant outer glaze and settle quietly on the nearest shrub. Alpaslan became silver frosted beside the garden wall, dignified until the dew arrived. silver fulminated adj. Having drunk more than the evening can safely contain, and liable to detonate over a missing chip. silver garred adj. You have drunk enough to become long, narrow, and intent on escaping through the nearest available opening. silver generaled adj. You are drunk and advancing diagonally, confidently, and towards a chair that is not yours. silver gilted adj. Drunk and polished on the surface, though the underlying movement remains decidedly less precious. silver glanced adj. Of a drinker: darkly gleaming, mineral in disposition, and unable to locate the spectacles on his head.