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

I can't say a civil thing to anybody now, but he looks arch, as if he had found a mare's nest, and says, 'Ah, Slick! none of your soft sawder now.'

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

He was then in his ill days; but I can imagine him in Congress with his mouth full of bombast and sawder.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

When soft sawder is wanted, I am soft sawder.

From Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck by Alger, Horatio

Old Groundhog loant me a rifle, an' ter hear him talk saaft sawder 'bout'n it ter Amos Jeemes ye'd hev thunk he war the author o' my salvation!

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

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

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler