DCHP-1 Online
soft sawder [< soft + sawder (var. of solder) blarney] Slang, Obs. 
flattery (an expression popularized by Judge Haliburton's stories of Sam Slick the Clockmaker).
- 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?"
- 1835 The "soft sawder" of the Clockmaker had operated effectually on the beauty of Amherst, our lovely hostess of Pugwash's Inn.