blandander
blandander verb: to flatter or cajole.
Verb
blandander (third-person singular simple present blandanders, present participle blandandering, simple past and past participle blandandered)
- To flatter or cajole.
- 'Norah dear,' says I, 'there's a regiment of Southerners at Mackenzie's farm in the wood. If you love Tom you'll run like the wind and bring them here as quick as the fine legs God gave you will carry you. I'll thry to blandander these fellows till you come back; but remember every minute's worth...1898 June 18, James Workman, “The Rebel Spy”, in Chambers's Journal, volume I (sixth series), number 24, London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, page 463, column 1
- But he blandandered me and, like a goat, / I paid the entry and he put me down.1922 June 7, “The Foot of Friday”, in Punch, volume CLXII, London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ltd., column 1
- Synonyms:
- butter up, sweet-talk, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick
Examples of blandander in a sentence
- I'll thry to blandander these fellows till you come back; but remember every minute's worth its weight in gold, and Tom's life hangs on a thread.'1898 June 18, James Workman, “The Rebel Spy”, in Chambers's Journal, volume I (sixth series), number 24, London; Edinburgh: W. & R....
- Lightly and amiably satirical: a snob makes a Frankenstein's monster of a blandandering Irish widow.1926 October 9, “Tell Me a Book to Read”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 87, column 2:
- Flanagan that, you can blandander me till you're blue in the face, but it's not meself I have in mind...it's Patsy.1937, Bruno Frank, translated by James Bridie [pseudonym; Osborne Henry Mavor], Storm in a Teacup, London; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont....
- There's a drop yet, Gentle," Bark blandandered, holding up the dandy for the heel.1947, Robert Briffault, New Life of Mr. Martin, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 32:
Synonyms of blandander
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Forms of blandander
| third-person singular present | blandanders |
|---|---|
| present participle | blandandering |
| past participle | blandandered |
| past | blandandered |
Origin of blandander
Probably an altered from of blandish, possibly blending with philander. Compare blarney.
Questions about blandander
- What does blandander mean?
- Blandander means to flatter or cajole.
- How do you use blandander in a sentence?
- I'll thry to blandander these fellows till you come back; but remember every minute's worth its weight in gold, and Tom's life hangs on a thread.'
- What part of speech is blandander?
- Blandander is a verb.
- What is the past tense of blandander?
- The past tense of blandander is blandandered.
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