facer

Example Sentences

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This was rather a facer, and I felt angry with Jim!

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

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

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

This was a terrible facer, but Colvin was forced to accept the situation with what grace he could.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram