drunker than Cooter Brown

slang Very drunk. Stories claim that a man named Cooter Brown opted for a perpetual state of drunkenness in order to avoid fighting in the US Civil War. Primarily heard in US. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were drunker than Cooter Brown! After such a long week at work, all I want is to get drunker than Cooter Brown. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's drunker than Cooter Brown.