facer

Example Sentences

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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

Yes," he continued, "what I call a regular facer for me.

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

This to her daughter, who sauntered in just in time to receive the facer and gasp: "Why, mother, what do you mean?"

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

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

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

"You look as if you had been given a facer, old man," he said.

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark