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toe dropped adj. Having drunk more than the foot can support, with the heel raised and the front of the shoe surrendered. Trinay was toe dropped, approaching the lavatory with one heel permanently aloft. toe edged adj. You have drunk enough to travel sideways along the sharp side of every situation. Darthy was toe edged, shuffling along the bench as though descending a slope. toe holded adj. A drinker who retains only the smallest purchase on the evening, usually somebody's patience. toe jammed adj. You are drunk and collecting the evening's sticky residue in every available gap. toe jobbed adj. Describing a drinker who has made the toes central to an otherwise ordinary pub interaction. Laneigh was toe jobbed, offering foot-based assistance with the bottle opener. toe kicked adj. A drinker so far gone that the lower cupboard becomes the only place offering proper standing room. Zyus got toe kicked beside the bar, insisting the snug gap under the cupboards offered proper standing room. toe looped adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly launching oneself from one backward edge to the other. toe picked adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several sharp forward points for catching carpets and dignity. Shennon was toe picked, snagging the mat whenever the landlord approached. toe pleatsed adj. Reduced by drink to folding the bedclothes around the feet as though making room for a patient. Mauricio was toe pleatsed and arranged the duvet into careful channels before lying down. toe poppered adj. Softened by drink into a small, sudden hazard liable to go off beneath the bar stool. Omary was toe poppered, causing a brief panic whenever he shifted his boots. toe ragged adj. Drunk past the point of looking after oneself, and beginning to resemble the guest nobody invited. Maurene was toe ragged by closing time, and the hosts found her asleep beside the umbrellas. toe ringed adj. Having drunk enough to circle one small domestic problem repeatedly without approaching its centre. toe sacked adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which your feet are useful, and ready to be bundled home. toe scoured adj. Too drunk to notice that the foundations of the evening have been washed away from below. toe shoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to rise onto the tips of your toes, then require assistance with the descent. toe socked adj. Having drunk more than the feet can process, each digit proceeding separately towards bed. Merri was toe socked and negotiated with each toe before putting on her shoes.