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working sailed adj. Of a drinker who has deployed every available means of staying upright in ordinary weather. working setted adj. Describing a drinker who occupies precisely as much attention as the current round permits. working stiffed (/ˌwɜːkɪŋ ˈstɪfd/) adj. A drinker who has put in an honest shift and now regards last orders as wages due. Abdalah was working stiffed, treating last orders as wages due after an honest shift. working terriered adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home becomes a determined hunt for the missing coat. working timed adj. The state of being drunk and spending paid hours reconstructing the precise duration of the evening. working timetabled adj. The condition of a drinker who can describe every planned train movement except the one taking them home. Daxin was working timetabled, consulting railway times while wearing someone else's coat. working titled adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary name, pending a more embarrassing version in the morning. working visited adj. Softened by drink into treating the local pub as a foreign capital requiring a formal departure. working vocabularied adj. Sharpened by drink into using every active word available to describe a coat, a round and the route home. working weeked adj. Loosened by drink into treating every day as a workday and every closing time as Friday. Ibaad was working weeked, asking whether last orders applied on what he called Tuesday. working-storage sectioned adj. Emboldened by drink to divide the evening into local variables, constants and one coat nobody owns. workinged (/ˈwɜːkɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: operation and action continue, though neither has been clearly specified. workingman's hotelled adj. Drunk and ready to treat the nearest cheap bed as permanent accommodation until wages resume. workingmanned adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a labourer carrying the whole evening home by hand. Adelia was workingmanned, carrying her coat and the table's abandoned scarf towards the taxi. workingmen's hotelled adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest inexpensive room appears a perfectly adequate destination. workingwomanned adj. Drunk enough to labour through the journey home, carrying the coats and refusing assistance. Citlalli was workingwomanned, collecting three coats before beginning the walk home.