facer

Example Sentences

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But he had not expected the spider to give him such a facer as this.

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford

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)

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 Hanshew, Thomas W.

It was clear that he had had an awful facer.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

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 Hanshew, Thomas W.