soft sawder

[< soft + sawder (var. of solder) blarney]

Slang, Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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flattery (an expression popularized by Judge Haliburton's stories of Sam Slick the Clockmaker).

Quotations

1835

The "soft sawder" of the Clockmaker had operated effectually on the beauty of Amherst, our lovely hostess of Pugwash's Inn.

1863

"That fellow's a master of soft sawder when he chooses: but did you see how he clutched the hard cash, after all?"