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sawder

British  
/ 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

Etymology

Origin of sawder

C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder

Example Sentences

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“It took a precious long time to say that,” said I. “O, the rest was sawder and bonjour and that,” said Case.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"By a plentiful use of soft sawder," said he.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Dod drot that word soft sawder," said he, "I wish I had never invented it.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

The Governor made kindly remarks on the hospital, which fluent Mr. Ng Choy doubtless rendered into the most fulsome flattery; the chairman complimented the Governor, and unlimited "soft sawder," in Oriental fashion, passed all round.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram