facer

Example Sentences

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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 Bevan, Tom

It's a bit of a facer for me—I tell you that straight—but it don't seem unnatural in you.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony

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

How one admires a woman who takes an unexpected facer without making a scene!

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange

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

From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar