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toelessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to having no useful toes, and consequently no convincing account of the incident. toenaderinged adj. Softened by drink into an unexpected rapprochement with somebody previously avoided all evening. toenailed (/ˈtəʊˌneɪld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, hard point of certainty which everybody else must work around. Eron was toenailed and spent an hour insisting the seating plan had a hidden message. toepaded adj. Loosened by drink into a soft, cushioning presence on which the whole gathering is expected to land. Rudean was toepaded and received every complaint from the table without resolving one. toepassed adj. Of a drinker: coloured like a mineral, and carrying the quiet reserve of a soldier. toepicked adj. The drunkenness of one who catches every rug, kerbstone and conversation with the front of the foot. toepieced adj. Emboldened by drink to cover the awkward front of every conversation before anyone else can. toeplated adj. Slowed by drink to a reinforced, deliberate advance through the room, taking several apologies with it. toepoked adj. Reduced by drink to applying the footballer's most economical solution to household problems. toeprinted adj. Drunk and leaving small, unmistakable traces of attendance wherever the evening was meant to remain tidy. toeprintinged adj. Drunk to the point where every exchange acquires an initiation, regulation and boundary nobody requested. Iycess was toeprintinged, mapping the conversation's beginnings while Reanda searched for a taxi. toeraged (/ˈtəʊɹæɡd/) adj. Drunk beyond any interest in respectable company, possessions or the distinction between pavement and seating. toered adj. Drunk enough to toe whatever is nearest, usually while claiming to be helping. toeringed adj. Still drunk, and treating a small circle of metal about the toe as a matter of state. toesaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every distance approximately one traditional fathom, including the walk home. toeshoed adj. Having drunk enough to assign each toe a separate role in the evening's ballet. Akyrie got toeshoed and performed a delicate arabesque beside the crisps.