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

To tell you the truth, Patricia, the news was rather a facer, don't you know; for my first impulse was to believe it.

From The Last Woman by Beeckman, Ross

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

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

This was a facer for Tom, but all he asked was how much money there was.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd

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