sawder
/ (ˈsɔːdə) informal /
noun
flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder)
verb (tr)
to flatter
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Word Origin for sawder
C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder
Words nearby sawder
Sawatch, sawbill, sawbones, sawbuck, sawbuck table, sawder, saw doctor, sawdust, sawdust trail, sawdusty, sawed-off
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Example sentences from the Web for sawder
And he never read anything, that did not cap and sawder down his own contents.
Mr. Greenwood's reverie was interrupted by the entrance of his valet, who introduced the Honourable Mr. Sawder into the study.
The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4|George W. M. ReynoldsHe was then in his ill days; but I can imagine him in Congress with his mouth full of bombast and sawder.
Essays of Travel|Robert Louis Stevenson