sawder
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of sawder
C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder
Example Sentences
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Like a true downeast Yankee, he knew the effect of soft sawder upon human nature.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
Oh, the old fox, with all his blandness and soft sawder!
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
We got there, and I felt I had soft sawder enough in me for anything.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
And so will you," he replied, "if you use soft sawder that way.
From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Look a' here, Cap'n, we hain't got no time fer soft sawder naow, with the milishy a comin daown on us.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Edward Bellamy
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