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ticket designatored adj. Drunk by closing time, and marked by the morning as receiving the least favourable available concession. ticket gated adj. Still drunk, and unable to pass the first domestic threshold without producing the wrong evidence. Remijio stood ticket gated before the bathroom, holding a spoon as proof of residence. ticket halled adj. Too drunk to leave the morning's central waiting area, where departures remain theoretical. ticket inspectioned (/ˈtɪkɪt ɪnˈspɛkʃənd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to subject every pocket to a formal search for proof that the night occurred. Onesimo woke ticket inspectioned, emptying receipts and coins onto the breakfast table. ticket inspectored adj. Having drunk enough to check everyone else's account of the evening, then mark it unusable. Hildana arrived ticket inspectored, questioning each witness before breakfast had been served. ticket machined adj. You have drunk enough to determine a destination, pay for it, and receive no useful explanation afterwards. ticket of leaved adj. You are drunk and temporarily licensed to leave ordinary responsibility, subject to conditions forgotten overnight. Jaima woke ticket of leaved, free to go out but still answerable for the glass in the hall. ticket of occupationed adj. Of a drinker: permitted, for the morning, to occupy a designated patch of ground and little else. ticket officed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the nearest room into a counter for permits, receipts and regret. ticket point mileaged adj. Describing a drinker who measures the journey home by official distances rather than by what actually happened. Xsavier woke ticket point mileaged, calculating the route in fares while ignoring the missing bicycle. ticket portered adj. You have drunk enough to carry everyone's supposed admission through the streets of London. Keyahna became ticket portered and escorted Eyvan across town with three obsolete stubs. ticket printered adj. A drinker who produces fresh explanations automatically, once the destination and payment have been supplied. ticket stamping machined adj. A drinker so far gone that every morning-after document receives the wrong place and time. ticket time limited adj. The drunkenness of one who has allowed every promise to expire while waiting for the morning to issue a fare. ticket to rided adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced a printed permission slip can authorise the impossible. ticket touted adj. Drunk by the third round, and reselling ordinary suggestions at a premium to people who already have them.