sawder

British  

/ ˈsɔːdə /

noun

1. flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder )

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verb

1. to flatter

Etymology

Origin of sawder

C19: metaphorical use of variant of _solder

Example Sentences

There's no bigger humbug in Christendom with all his soft sawder and gas about everybody being the dearest and cleverest fellow he's ever met.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 31, 1891 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

‘I always knew Jack to be a clever dog,’ said Mervyn, when this was reported to him, ‘but his soft sawder to a priggish metaphysical baby must have been the best fun in the world?’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

“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

And so will you," he replied, "if you use soft sawder that way.

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