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sawder

/ ˈsɔːdə /

noun

  1. flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to flatter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sawder1

C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder
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Example Sentences

Sawder, saw′dėr, n. flattery, blarney.

You jest quit; I don't like you a bit; You can't come your sawder on me.

The ingredients are taken from bottles of "Bunkum," "Bosh," "Brag," and "Soft Sawder."

Whereupon the irrepressible Kettle chirruped— "Then he'd pay the expense of the mender's bill— The mender is Doctor, you see— Who makes out an order, A matter of sawder And rivets, cement, and a fee."

Oh, the old fox, with all his blandness and soft sawder!

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