facer

Example Sentences

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It was clear that he had had an awful facer.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

This was rather a facer, and I felt angry with Jim!

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

It's a bit of a facer for me—I tell you that straight—but it don't seem unnatural in you.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony

"You look as if you had been given a facer, old man," he said.

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark

This was a facer for the girl, and Bones glared his triumph.

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar