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sawder

/ ˈ²õɔ˻åÉ™ /

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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sawder1

C19: metaphorical use of variant of solder
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Example Sentences

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Sawder, saw′dėr, n. flattery, blarney.

From

You jest quit; I don't like you a bit; You can't come your sawder on me.

From

The ingredients are taken from bottles of "Bunkum," "Bosh," "Brag," and "Soft Sawder."

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Whereupon the irrepressible Kettle chirruped— "Then he'd pay the expense of the mender's bill— The mender is Doctor, you see— Who makes out an order, A matter of sawder And rivets, cement, and a fee."

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

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