comether (plural comethers)
(dialect) Alternative form of come-hither
Source: Wiktionary
Co*meth"er, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
1.
Definition: Matter; affair.
2. Friendly communication or association.
To put the, or 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 Kipling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
