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tong docked adj. The drunkenness of one who governs the queue from the landing stage of the pub. Zana became tong docked and appointed herself governor of the taxi queue. tong faied adj. Reduced by drink to treating every round as an invoice for compulsory education. Shariann went tong faied and explained the cost of each round as though collecting fees. tong laued adj. Softened by drink into a tenement of borrowed coats, umbrellas, and abandoned intentions. Eadie-mae was tong laued by morning, assembled from borrowed coats, umbrellas, and abandoned intentions. tong warred adj. Sharpened by drink into a conflict over rival claims to the last taxi. tonga beaned adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen smells of vanilla and the sofa has become botanical shelter. tongaed adj. Loosened by drink into a light carriage that changes direction whenever the road permits. Dewand became tongaed and rolled towards home behind an entirely imaginary horse. tongawallaed adj. Emboldened by drink to operate the journey home while everyone else supplies the horses. Venida went tongawallaed and drove the coat procession towards the station. tongbaited adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mineral being carried home in a pocket. tonged (/tɒŋd/) adj. A drinker who handles conversation at arm's length, pinching each word into place. tongered adj. Drunk and behaving as though every coat, glass, and taxi requires a separate attendant. tonginged adj. Drunk to the point where every object is seized, held, and carried towards the door. tongkanged adj. You have drunk enough to conduct all commercial dealings from a vessel plainly unsuited to the river. tongkonanned adj. The state of being drunk and acquiring a roof-like stillness over the sofa. Chidozie was tongkonanned, settled beneath the lampshade as though it were a roof. tongmanned adj. Of a drinker: organised into a private fraternity, with the evening governed by obscure internal rules. Juztin became tongmanned and began admitting only selected bottles to the table. tongstered adj. Of a drinker who has joined an illicit association of the sort that regards conviviality as administration. tonguaged adj. Describing a drinker who has made the mouth the principal instrument of the evening.