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drunker than Cooter Brown
DRUNK-er than KOO-ter BROWN · phrase · informal
Extremely intoxicated.
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Very drunk. Cooter Brown is a legendary figure said to have stayed drunk to avoid the Civil War draft.
“By midnight he was drunker than Cooter Brown.”
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drunker than Cooter Brown In A Sentence
By midnight he was drunker than Cooter Brown.
Origin & Usage
Southern idiom referencing the folk character Cooter Brown, the byword for total drunkenness.
Variants
drunk as Cooter Brown
People Also Ask
What does "drunker than Cooter Brown" mean?
It means extremely intoxicated, using Cooter Brown as the byword for total drunkenness.
Who was Cooter Brown?
A legendary folk figure said to have stayed drunk to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, which is why his name became shorthand for drunkenness.
Where is the phrase used?
It's a Southern American idiom.
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