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towardlinessed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary civility, yet still making a determined effort to be pleasant about it. towardnessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every remark seem pointed towards someone, usually the landlord. towawayed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening removes you from the premises without negotiation. Alman was towawayed before he could order the round he had been announcing. towbacked adj. Drunk to a degree that every attempt to leave returns you to the same stool. towballed adj. Drunk to the extent of swivelling between conversations while remaining attached to the bar. towbared adj. The state of being drunk and permanently ready to connect oneself to the nearest departing plan. towboarded adj. Drunk on the strength of a survey conducted from behind the bar, with unreliable findings. towboated adj. Drunk since last orders, and pushing the room gently towards whatever happens next. Zahiyah was towboated, gently pushing the room towards whatever followed. towboatered adj. Drunk by the third round, and piloting the company through increasingly narrow social waterways. towbodied adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a scientific payload of receipts, keys and loose change. towed (/təʊd/) adj. A drinker who gets as far as the next stool only by being pulled there. toweed adj. Softened by drink into accepting a slow, dignified journey behind something else. towel gourded adj. Loosened by drink into a fibrous, bathroom-bound vegetable of modest utility. towel railed adj. Emboldened by drink to hang upon the heated bars as though they were public transport. Jayme-leigh was towel railed, gripping the bathroom fixture and announcing the next stop. towel snapped adj. Slowed by drink to attempting a ceremonial flourish with damp linen and missing the point of it. towel-horsed adj. Drunk and standing in the bathroom like a rack awaiting further domestic duties.