old saw »
A cliché, saying, or overused expression; especially a proverb or maxim.
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saw wood »
To snore loudly.
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soft sawder »
"How the old boy swallowed my soft sawder and Brummagem notes!" —Tom Taylor, The Ticket-of-Leave Man.
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soft sawder »
"If she goes to act ugly, I'll give her a dose of "soft sawder"; that will take the frown out of her frontispiece...!" —Thomas Haliburton, "The Trotting Horse" — first usage.
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soft sawder »
Cajoling or flattery.
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tenon saw »
hand tool
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