sawder
Britishnoun
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of sawder
C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder
Example Sentences
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Sawder, saw′dėr, n. flattery, blarney.
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You jest quit; I don't like you a bit; You can't come your sawder on me.
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The ingredients are taken from bottles of "Bunkum," "Bosh," "Brag," and "Soft Sawder."
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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."
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Oh, the old fox, with all his blandness and soft sawder!
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