comether dial. or colloq.
(kəˈmɛðə(r))
[A dial. pronunciation of come hither, used as a coaxing invitation to cows, horses, etc.]
In to put one's (the) comether on: to exercise persuasion or coaxing on, to persuade over, coax, wheedle; to get under one's influence.
| 1838 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 22 He..looks pistols at any one that attempts putting his comether on the widow. 1883 Reade in Harper's Mag. July 205/2 We must buy him, or put the comether on him. 1888 Berksh. Gloss., Comether, come hither. To put the ‘comether’ on a person is to restrain him. 1890 An Irishman (from correspt.), ‘Sure, he could put his comether on any woman!’ |