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View synonyms for facer

facer

[ fey-ser ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that faces.
  2. Informal. a blow in the face.
  3. British Informal. an unexpected major difficulty, dilemma, or defeat.


facer

/ ˈfeɪsə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that faces
  2. a lathe tool used to turn a face perpendicular to the axis of rotation
  3. informal.
    a difficulty or problem
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of facer1

First recorded in 1505–15; face + -er 1
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Example Sentences

This would have been a “facer” to any but a true son of Uncle Sam.

I shall bear it well enough presently; but it's an awful facer, old boy.

Take care you don’t get an answer of that sort—a facer, I mean—from the ‘pretty fisher maiden.

This was a facer for the ex-priest, and ere he could frame a retort Jerome took up the matter again.

This was a facer, for the words "Justice of the Peace" had already set me quaking.

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