facer

Example Sentences

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

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

Here Sir Charles threw in something which he felt to be in the nature of a facer.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

If you want to make up for givin' me this bit of—of a facer, as I say, I'll tell you what you can do.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony

It was the worst kind of a facer.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

Before he could recover this little facer, she said, quietly, "What is your name?"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various