facer
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Yes," he continued, "what I call a regular facer for me.
From The Riddle of the Night by Hanshew, Thomas W.
This was a terrible facer, but Colvin was forced to accept the situation with what grace he could.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
This was somewhat of a facer, he was obliged to confess.
From The Riddle of the Night by Hanshew, Thomas W.
It’s a facer, but nothing need come of it.”
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
To tell you the truth, Patricia, the news was rather a facer, don't you know; for my first impulse was to believe it.
From The Last Woman by Beeckman, Ross
It is claimed that these facers constitute the best possible protection against fire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore
The Macgillicuddies support the Seceding interest, and deliver facers in the teeth of all establishments whatsoever.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
“I am not going to cry ‘I take a licking!’ because Fortune has caught me a couple of facers without a return.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
