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Facer   /fˈeɪsər/   Listen
Facer

noun
1.
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.






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"Facer" Quotes from Famous Books



... off his coat and bared the glorious right arm that had at once been the pride of his college and the envy of every other in the 'varsity. In breathless silence the little group of spectators watched his movements, and when, with sharply exhaled breath, he planted a crashing "facer" straight from the shoulder squarely upon the leathern disk they sprang eagerly forward to note the result. For an instant they gazed at each other blankly, for the needle, though trembling violently, remained fixedly pointing at ...
— The Copper Princess - A Story of Lake Superior Mines • Kirk Munroe



Words linked to "Facer" :   United Kingdom, difficulty, Great Britain, Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



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