facer

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

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

This was somewhat of a facer, he was obliged to confess.

From The Riddle of the Night by Hanshew, Thomas W.

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