Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Flattery; blarney: used in the phrase soft sawder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of
solder . - noun [Slang] seductive praise; flattery; blarney.
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Examples
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His knowledge of “soft sawder and human natur” is as great as that of Sam Slick, his inimitable representative; and many a shoeless Irish girl is induced to change
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It concerns the phrase "soft sawder", meaning the same as "soft soap" and coined in the 19th century by Judge Haliburton of Nova Scotia.
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It seems from the evidence that soft sawder very quickly caught on in North America, and soon enough across the Atlantic in Britain, too.
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The Governor made kindly remarks on the hospital, which fluent Mr. Ng Choy doubtless rendered into the most fulsome flattery; the chairman complimented the Governor, and unlimited “soft sawder,” in Oriental fashion, passed all round.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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I think it's getting into regional and class variations: "sohlder" would be extreme RP, "sawder" quite plausible in a strong rural Devon accent.
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“We are not formally engaged,” had given little comfort, since the General had added, “That was soft sawder.”
Flowering Wilderness 2004
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But with an abundance of soft sawder with which he is most generous.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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I didn't know what "soft sawder" was, but learned later that "soft solder" was the phrase and that it meant exaggerated speech or flattery or both.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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Why, then, do you waste so much energy, and money, and civility, and 'soft-sawder,' to preserve the vulpine race?
Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville
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"None of your soft-sawder, Master Frank," replied the old lady; "I will do what I can to make your peace, as I promised; but, as to anything further, you must be a man, and speak up for yourself."
reesetee commented on the word sawder
Flattery; exaggerated and ingratiating praise. This is a variant spelling of "solder," used in the phrase "soft solder," meaning "soft-soap."
October 3, 2007
grant_barrett commented on the word sawder
This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day.
November 11, 2009