Cooter Brown

English Alternative forms Cootie Brown Proper noun en US An archetypal drunkard. en 1941-11-16 Harold Martin Dreams and Dust The Atlanta Constitution 9 “Yes, sir,” said Private Barton, “it looks like trouble has got a tail-holt on us with a downhill drag. I sometimes feel like going and gittin’ drunk as Cooter Brown”. en 2008 John Pritchard The Yazoo Blues 54 I’m talkin’ about Admiral Porter, General Quimby, and Ulysses S-hole-fukkin Grant hissef, and he was drunker’n Cooter Brown a large part of the time. 9781588382177 en April 26, 2018 Nikola Budanovic The Origin of the Phrase ‘Drunk as Cooter Brown’ Dates Back from the American Civil War and Refers to a Heavy Drinker Who Escaped Being Drafted Due to His Continuous Intoxication War History Online https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/phrase-drunk-as-cooter-brown.html In order to avoid military draft, Cooter Brown started drinking excessively every day until the war ended. According to this version of the story, the phrase originated from those days, as Cooter Brown’s continuous state of intoxication became legendary. https://web.archive.org/web/20260418202604/https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/phrase-drunk-as-cooter-brown.html 18 April 2026 Usage notes Usually in the phrase "as drunk as Cooter Brown" or "drunker than Cooter Brown".