facer
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Here Sir Charles threw in something which he felt to be in the nature of a facer.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
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 Bertram Mitford
This was rather a facer, and I felt angry with Jim!
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
It’s a facer, but nothing need come of it.”
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
This was a facer for the ex-priest, and ere he could frame a retort Jerome took up the matter again.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
“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 Walter Paget
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
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
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
