facer

Example Sentences

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

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

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

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

"Quite a facer for my anticipations," Lucinda interposed firmly—"considering the way I had to fly Chicago and my husband."

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

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