facer

Example Sentences

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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

"It's a bit of a facer," Copley muttered.

From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

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.

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

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar

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