To put the comether on or To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle. "How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another?"
... horse? Oh, by jabers that's not what we're afther, We'd breed for ourselves if they'd give us a chance. BALFOUR, ye stand there wid an oi full o' laughter. Ye divil, we know that cool optical dance. Come the comether on us then, would ye, ye wag, Wid this "ginerous" gift of a ... — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 • Various
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