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toothaked adj. Drunk on the strength of an obsolete ache, revived chiefly to justify remaining at the table. toothbared adj. Sharpened by drink into waking ready to scrape the morning's machinery with needless determination. Kayla-ann was toothbared before breakfast, arguing with the toaster as though it were farm equipment. toothbilled adj. Loosened by drink into a fruit-seeking, dodo-like condition by the morning after. toothblacked adj. Emboldened by drink to face the morning with an entirely figurative darkness about the teeth. toothbrush moustached adj. Drunk to the point where the philtrum has become the only reliable landmark on the face. toothbrush mustached adj. Drunk enough to mistake a dab of toothpaste for facial hair and defend the arrangement. toothbrush treed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a small cleansing branch from a perfectly ordinary twig. toothbrushed (/ˈtuːθbɹʌʃd/) adj. Drunk and waking with the solemn, minty concentration of someone attempting a dental repair. toothbrushered adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which dental hygiene is an action rather than a distant profession. toothbrushfuled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves precisely enough capacity for one more minty, bristled undertaking. toothbrushinged adj. Drunk, with the result that cleaning the teeth becomes a repeated event rather than a completed one. toothcared adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning's dental condition an administrative concern. toothcarped adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, darting fish with an unnecessarily impressive bite. toothcombed (/ˈtuːθkəʊmd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and thereafter examining every corner for evidence of the evening. toothcombinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting a thorough search despite forgetting what was sought. Theadora was toothcombinged, searching the closing pub thoroughly without recalling what had gone missing. toothdrawered adj. Drunk, with the result that every loose argument is subjected to a period of amateur extraction. Aamani grew toothdrawered, extracting every loose argument while the regulars waited for their crisps.