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

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.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Let me tackle him, though it won’t do to give him soft sawder.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

We got there, and I felt I had soft sawder enough in me for anything.

From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by Newman, John Henry

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

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

You aren’t a going to come over us with your soft sawder, nor the skipper neither!

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)