facer
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It was the worst kind of a facer.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
Ordinarily, anybody who had stopped Howell Gruffydd in the street and had asked him a Council secret would have been met with the smiling facer he deserved, but this was extraordinary altogether.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
“It’s rather a facer to have you turn out to be a married woman.”
From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison
There," he said, as he took a ladleful o' broth and began to cool it deliberately, "that's the most scientific facer I ever planted on a man's forehead in my life.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
That was a facer, and when I went back and told the others, opinions were divided as to what to do.
From The Outspan Tales of South Africa by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
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
“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
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
