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tobacco thripsed adj. Too drunk to move in a straight line, making a succession of minute, irritating corrections. tobacco watered adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a domestic treatment for any problem, including a staircase that is plainly stationary. Sarahya got tobacco watered and insisted the banister required boiling before use. tobacco wirewormed adj. Having drunk enough to proceed beneath the surface of ordinary coordination, emerging unpredictably at each step. tobacco-roadered adj. Having drunk more than balance can accommodate, and now relying on the furniture for local geography. tobacco-stoppered adj. You have drunk enough to require pressing down at every landing before attempting the next ascent. Geovanni became tobacco-stoppered and compressed himself against each stair before proceeding. tobaccoed (/təˈbæk.əʊd/) adj. Drunk to the point where standing requires the steadying properties of a rooted stem. tobaccoismed adj. You are drunk and committed to a single, recurring remedy, regardless of what the body is doing. tobaccoited adj. Of a drinker: loudly persuaded that smoking would improve matters, including the present difficulty with stairs. tobaccomanned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the cultivation and sale of a crop for a qualification in navigation. Jobeth was tobaccomanned and tried to lead the party upstairs by rows and furrows. tobacconalianed adj. Describing a drinker who has developed an unhelpful fondness for the plant and a marked uncertainty about stairs. tobacconist'sed adj. Drunk, with the result that the coat cupboard is treated as a shop and every pocket contains stock. tobacconisted adj. Drunk in a way that turns every request for directions into a recommendation for a different brand. Lowella got tobacconisted and advised three strangers on the evening's most suitable cigarette. tobaccophiled adj. Drunk to a degree that the walk home requires a final purchase from every lit window. tobaccophobed adj. Drunk to the extent of refusing the smoking area, the cigar bar and any coat smelling faintly of either. tobackied adj. Drunk by closing time, and making the long walk home smell more rural than intended. tobamovirused adj. Still drunk, and spreading the same small conversational infection through every group encountered on the journey home.