facer
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It was a facer for us and, 'pon my word, I don't see how they did it.
From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Here was a facer for Mr. Lightfoot, and Jefferson Creede, to whom all eyes were turned in the crisis, smiled maliciously and let him sweat.
From Hidden Water by Maynard Dixon
"Quite a facer for my anticipations," Lucinda interposed firmly—"considering the way I had to fly Chicago and my husband."
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
Rough on him, and rough on the Foltlebarres, and a facer for Lessie ... and what price the girl?'
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
This was a facer for the ex-priest, and ere he could frame a retort Jerome took up the matter again.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
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
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
“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 Walter Paget
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
