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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.
1838S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 22 He..looks pistols at any one that attempts putting his comether on the widow. 1883Reade in Harper's Mag. July 205/2 We must buy him, or put the comether on him. 1888Berksh. Gloss., Comether, come hither. To put the ‘comether’ on a person is to restrain him. 1890An Irishman (from correspt.), ‘Sure, he could put his comether on any woman!’ |