facer
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Yes," he continued, "what I call a regular facer for me.
From The Riddle of the Night by Thomas W. Hanshew
Well, that’s a facer, certainly, Sir Charles; but with such a past-mistress of ingenuity as she—well, you never know.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew
Before he could recover this little facer, she said, quietly, "What is your name?"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
It was clear that he had had an awful facer.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
Then you must put a plucky face on it; she mustn't see you cave in after the first facer.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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
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
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
“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
