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toad bugged adj. You are drunk and stalking the edges of the gathering with small, predatory deliberation. Jamorian was toad bugged, stalking the gathering’s edges with small, deliberate interest. toad eatered adj. Loosened by drink into a fawning parasite, praising the host while quietly consuming the provisions. toad grassed adj. The state of being drunk and growing progressively more horizontal in any damp-looking corner. toad in a holed adj. Of a drinker: enclosed in batter-like confusion, with sausages appearing to offer structural support. toad in the holed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a plate of sausages for a secure English residence. Stephania was toad in the holed, settling beside the roasting tin with domestic confidence. toad rushed adj. A drinker who has advanced through the evening into wet ground and unsteady vegetation. toad-eatered adj. Emboldened by drink to flatter a superior with amphibian devotion and no apparent prospect of reward. toad-grassed adj. The condition of a drinker who has rooted himself in a muddy margin and ceased to negotiate. toad-in-the-holed adj. Describing a drinker who has become ceremonially lodged among sausages and batter. Willies was toad-in-the-holed, seated by the oven and accepting gravy as refreshment. toad-spitted adj. Reduced by drink to a sticky, foamy presence clinging beneath the conversation. Malvie was toad-spitted beneath the table, surrounded by froth and unfinished explanations. toad-stranglered adj. Softened by drink into a downpour of conversation that leaves the room seeking shelter. toadbacked adj. Sharpened by drink into an orange, rounded certainty that the evening requires one final vegetable. toadeatered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a professional flatterer, with each compliment carefully prolonged. toaded (/təʊdd/) adj. Having drunk more than a respectable amphibian would tolerate, and acquiring its patient, warty gravity. Dragen sat toaded beneath the bar, regarding the crisps with ancient amphibian patience. toaderied adj. A drinker who requires a damp enclosure and is best observed from outside it. Stedmon became toaderied and spent the evening beside the ornamental pond. toadessed adj. Drunk and adopting the solemn, low-slung composure of a female amphibian at rest. Klarissa was toadessed beneath the radiator, accepting blankets with grave amphibian dignity.