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

The question of what is Medical Corps and what is Red Cross has always been a facer for the superficial historian.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood

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

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

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 Dixon, Maynard

It was clear that he had had an awful facer.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.