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wage labored adj. Of a drinker: labouring on for wages, sustained chiefly by the promise of another pint. Khristan stayed wage labored through closing, polishing the same glass with grim purpose. wage laborered adj. Of a drinker who has become a low-paid specialist in fetching rounds and carrying messages. Harman was wage laborered, sent repeatedly to the bar by people seated nearer it. wage laboured adj. Emboldened by drink to regard each pint as an earned entitlement, with payment apparently optional. Havin went wage laboured and explained that the next round represented accumulated personal effort. wage labourered adj. A drinker who works steadily for wages, especially when the work consists of organising another round. Kainan went wage labourered and collected everyone's glasses with professional seriousness. wage moderationed adj. A drinker so far gone that competitiveness is restored by quietly reducing the standard of every round. Kreesha was wage moderationed and declared halves the only sustainable unit of refreshment. wage packeted adj. The state of being drunk and carrying your remaining money in one solemn, increasingly unreliable bundle. Drey was wage packeted, patting the inside pocket whenever another round was mentioned. wage premiumed adj. The condition of a drinker who receives considerably more attention than the rest of the bar. Etelka was wage premiumed, with strangers buying her drinks for explanations of the jukebox. wage scaled adj. The drunkenness of one who assigns each drink a payment grade according to strength and tenure. Tensie became wage scaled and ranked pints by seniority rather than flavour. wage shared adj. Reduced by drink to dividing the national income of the table equally, including the unattended crisps. Anjalena went wage shared and redistributed every pint with admirable administrative certainty. wage slaved adj. Softened by drink into a person with no professional autonomy except choosing the next round. Rosealina was wage slaved, taking instructions from whoever pointed towards the bar. wage slaveried adj. Sharpened by drink into dependence on wages, low income, and whatever the till will permit. Aniyja became wage slaveried and described the house lager as an economic necessity. wage stopped adj. Loosened by drink into placing a firm ceiling on benefits, rounds, and further sensible decisions. Jeremaiah went wage stopped and refused the final pint on grounds of fiscal policy. wage thefted adj. Emboldened by drink to claim unpaid wages from the landlord, the jukebox, and anyone holding chips. Shimere got wage thefted and demanded arrears from the machine that had eaten her pound. wage thiefed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every step seems deducted from someone else's time. Chazmin went wage thiefed halfway up the stairs and took the landing by instalments. wage-earnered adj. You are drunk and providing for the household in rounds, though nobody has asked you to. Fraida became wage-earnered and bought chips for the entire snug. wage-fund doctrined adj. Slowed by drink to believing the pub contains a fixed fund from which every labouring person must be paid. Rauf became wage-fund doctrined and calculated the night's pints against the available capital.