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fried to the tonsils

old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back fried to the tonsils. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's fried to the tonsils like that. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's fried to the tonsils.
See also: fried, to, tonsil

play tonsil hockey

slang To kiss very amorously, with mouths open and tongues touching. There's this area behind the school where lots of couples go to play tonsil hockey. I went to see a movie with Tom and his girlfriend, but they just played tonsil hockey through the whole thing!
See also: hockey, play, tonsil

tonsil bath

dated slang A drink of liquor, especially whiskey. Sore throat, eh? Best thing for that is a tonsil bath. After a hard day of work, we all head to the bar together to get some tonsil baths.
See also: bath, tonsil

tonsil hockey

slang Open-mouthed kissing in which both partners' tongues touch. There's this area behind the school where lots of couples go to play tonsil hockey.
See also: hockey, tonsil

tonsil paint

dated slang Liquor, especially cheap whiskey. The hard-boiled detective sat sipping tonsil paint at the seedy dive bar, waiting for his informant to arrive. Give the man some tonsil paint to deaden the pain till a doctor can be fetched.
See also: paint, tonsil

tonsil tennis

slang Open-mouthed kissing in which both partners' tongues touch. There's this area behind the school where lots of couples go to play tonsil tennis.
See also: tennis, tonsil

tonsil varnish

dated slang Liquor, especially cheap whiskey. The hard-boiled detective sat sipping tonsil varnish at the seedy dive bar, waiting for his informant to arrive. Give the man some tonsil varnish to deaden the pain till a doctor can be fetched.
See also: tonsil, varnish
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play tonsil hockey

tv. to kiss deeply, using the tongue. Kids sit around in cars, playing tonsil hockey all evening.
See also: hockey, play, tonsil

tonsil bath

n. liquor; a drink of liquor. I could use a little tonsil bath about now.
See also: bath, tonsil

tonsil hockey

1. n. oral sex performed on the penis; fellatio. (Usually objectionable.) Give him a good round of tonsil hockey, and you’ve got a customer for life.
2. n. French kissing. The two kids spent the rest of the evening playing tonsil hockey.
See also: hockey, tonsil

tonsil paint

and tonsil varnish
n. liquor; whiskey. The cowboy had to have his daily dose of tonsil paint before he stuffed his face full of beans and hardtack. This tonsil varnish would take the paint off a barn.
See also: paint, tonsil

tonsil varnish

verb
See tonsil paint
See also: tonsil, varnish
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
The tonsil material was at 4x3x1 cm diameter and had an irregular shape with with-brown color.
Tonsillar Kaposi Sarcoma in an HIV-Negative Patient: A Case Report
Tonsils, the clusters of tissue at the back of the throat, work to protect the body from infection.
Removing your child's tonsils may do more harm
Insufficiencies in the treatment strategy can lead to continuation of disease process and sometimes relocation of infection on tonsil surface.
A STUDY ON TONSIL CORE CULTURE IN CHRONIC AND RECURRENT TONSILLITIS
The researchers suggest renewed evaluation of alternatives to these common paediatric surgeries that include removal of tonsils (tonsillectomy) to treat chronic tonsillitis or adenoids (adenoidectomy) to treat recurrent middle ear infections.
Tonsil removal in childhood may increase asthma risk
The group claimed to believe that HPV is shed from the tonsil during an active infection and gets trapped in the biofilm, where it may be protected from immune attack.
Cancer-causing virus can lurk in your throat
influenzae a significant positive association between high bacterial load and tonsil weight.
The Relationship between Colonization by Moraxella catarrhalis and Tonsillar Hypertrophy
At present, DISE is restricted to children without hypertrophic tonsils and to those with persistent OSA following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) [2].
Palatine Tonsil Stenting of the Airway as Determined by Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy
Based on the features described above, a diagnosis of hamartoma of palatine tonsil was made.
Hamartoma of palatine tonsil: a rare case
It can be difficult for parents to understand what contributes to a decision to remove tonsils in a child.
Children's ENT problems - more common than you think! Sometimes surgery is the only option for children's ear, nose and throat problems explains Graham Roblin, a consultant otolaryngologist at Cardiff Spire Hospital
But not all sore throats are due to tonsil infection.
DO YOU REALLY NEED TO GET YOUR TONSILS REMOVED?
During the past decades, efforts have been made to manage the infectious diseases of tonsils [4].
Evidence of bacterial biofilms among infected and hypertrophied tonsils in correlation with the microbiology, histopathology, and clinical symptoms of tonsillar diseases
Streptavidin-biotin immunohistochemical method was performed for the detection of TNF-[alpha] and IL-6 producing cells in tonsil tissue.
Immunoregulatory cytokines and chronic tonsillitis
Material and Method: Tonsil size of forty two children were evaluated a orophayrngeal inspection preoperatively.Tonsils were grouped according to Brodsky L scala classification (Grade 1-4).Childrens are separated into two groups including the ones that have grade 1-2 and grade 3-4 tonsil size, +1 difference between two tonsils was accepted as tonsillar asymmetry.
Role of Ebstein-Barr virus in children with tonsillar hypertrophy/Cocuklarda tonsiller hipertrofi olgularinda Epstein Barr virusunun rolu
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