facer

Example Sentences

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Then you must put a plucky face on it; she mustn't see you cave in after the first facer.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

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

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

This was a facer, and partly accounted for the secret contempt in which the sorcerers were held by many in the nation.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

"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