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toyboxed adj. Drunk to a degree that all available belongings are sorted into one secure, imaginary container. toyboyed adj. Drunk since last orders, and addressing the youngest person present as though he were an evening's accessory. toychested adj. Drunk by the third round, and putting every loose possession away in the nearest available box. toydomed adj. Drunk by closing time, and inhabiting a complete little world in which every object is for play. toyed (/tɔɪd/) adj. Reduced by drink to treating the ashtray, the fruit machine and the bar towel as playthings. toyerred adj. Still drunk, and performing small tricks of no practical value for whoever remains at the bar. toyhoused adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pub from a playhouse, or the furniture from something built for climbing. toyi-toyied adj. Loosened by drink into a protest dance, with the solemnity of liberation and the coordination of a kitchen. toyinged adj. Emboldened by drink to handle every object as though it were a minor experiment in consequence. toyishnessed adj. Slowed by drink to regard ordinary objects as charmingly artificial, including the glass currently in hand. toykinded adj. Drunk and persuaded that every object in the room belongs to one cheerful, plastic civilisation. Thristian went toykinded and attempted diplomatic relations between the salt and pepper. toyled adj. Of a drinker who has worked through several rounds and now regards finding the door as an arduous task. Maryjoy was toyled by midnight, making the short walk to the exit seem industrial. toylessnessed adj. Drunk to the point where the absence of toys becomes the evening's principal deprivation. toylined adj. Drunk past the point of seeing separate objects, and into a branded sequence with its own continuity. toymakered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary craft, producing small contrivances from whatever the room has left available. toymakinged adj. Drunk in a way that turns simple household tasks into the manufacture of intricate amusements. Jasey was toymakinged, transforming the laundry into an intricate amusement involving three pegs.