facer
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Rough on him, and rough on the Foltlebarres, and a facer for Lessie ... and what price the girl?'
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
There," he said, as he took a ladleful o' broth and began to cool it deliberately, "that's the most scientific facer I ever planted on a man's forehead in my life.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
"It's a bit of a facer," Copley muttered.
From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
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
It was a facer for us and, 'pon my word, I don't see how they did it.
From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore
It is claimed that these facers constitute the best possible protection against fire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Macgillicuddies support the Seceding interest, and deliver facers in the teeth of all establishments whatsoever.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
“I am not going to cry ‘I take a licking!’ because Fortune has caught me a couple of facers without a return.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
