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toy carred adj. Softened by drink into making small, deliberate journeys along the edge of the bar. toy collied adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, tireless herder of every conversation in the room. toy currencied adj. Loosened by drink into passing beer mats as legal tender for another round. toy dogged adj. Emboldened by drink to bark instructions at people considerably larger than oneself. Jennipher was toy dogged, directing two doormen towards a chair she had selected. toy drived adj. Slowed by drink to collecting every loose toy, bottle cap and dropped glove for charity. toy fox terriered adj. Drunk and yapping sharply at ankles, chair legs and anyone carrying a sausage roll. toy lined adj. Drunk enough to mistake a succession of related objects for a carefully managed personal collection. toy modelled adj. Drunk to the point where every explanation is a small, tidy version of a much larger difficulty. toy mutched adj. Drunk enough to wear a tea towel as a bonnet and regard the arrangement as formal. toy poodled adj. Drunk past the point of making a small, neat entrance without announcing it to the room. Ahlina arrived toy poodled, tiny, immaculate and yapping at the coat stand. toy problemed adj. Drunk beyond reducing the evening to a simple question with a manageable answer. toy shopped adj. Having drunk more than the premises can reasonably stock, and now browsing the furniture for novelty value. toy soldiered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you standing rigidly to attention beside the fruit machine. Claree was toy soldiered, motionless by the bar while saluting each departing pint. toy stored adj. You are drunk and have arranged the room according to a system known only to small children and yourself. toy theoried adj. Drunk, with the result that every pub arrangement becomes a simplified system worth explaining. toy-boyed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating a younger companion as a fashionable accessory to the evening. Maryagnes was toy-boyed, presenting Trentin to the regulars as a fresh acquisition.