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Drunk as Cooter Brown

Meaning

To be extremely intoxicated. It is a colorful way to describe someone who has had way too much to drink.

Humorous, descriptive

Used in a sentence

  • He had way too much punch and was drunk as Cooter Brown.
  • After that bachelor party, he was drunk as Cooter Brown.
  • Do not try to argue with him while he is drunk as Cooter Brown.

The backstory

Cooter Brown was a legendary figure who allegedly lived on the border between the North and South during the Civil War. He supposedly drank himself into a stupor to avoid being drafted by either side.

Heard in

The South

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