or soft-sawder, subs. (common).—Soft speech; BLARNEY (q.v.).

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  1853.  BULWER-LYTTON, My Novel, III. xiii. You’ve got SOFT SAWDER enough.

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  1863.  C. READE, Hard Cash, xli. [She] sent in a note explaining who she was with a bit of SOFT SAWDER.

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  1866.  G. ELIOT, Felix Holt, xxi. My Lord Jermyn seems to have his insolence as ready as his SOFT SAWDER.

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  1890.  GRANT ALLEN, The Tents of Shem, x. I didn’t try bullying; I tried SOFT SAWDER.

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