v. colloq. [f. soft sawder: see SAWDER sb.] trans. and absol. To flatter; = SAWDER v.
1843. Haliburton, Attaché, ii. 46. I don’t like to be left alone with a gall, it’s plaguy apt to set me a soft sawderin’ and a courtin’.
1853. Hickie, trans. Aristoph. (1887), I. 26. As often as any one soft-sawdered you.
1883. Manch. Exam., 26 Nov., 5. When the Irish electors were to be soft-sawdered.
Hence Soft-sawderer.
1851. Blackw. Mag., Dec., 714. The highest law officer of the State … condescending to enact the part of a ‘soft-sawderer.’
