noun
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a person or thing that faces
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a lathe tool used to turn a face perpendicular to the axis of rotation
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informal a difficulty or problem
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This was rather a facer, and I felt angry with Jim!
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
There," he said, as he took a ladleful o' broth and began to cool it deliberately, "that's the most scientific facer I ever planted on a man's forehead in my life.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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 Bertram Mitford
This was a facer for Tom, but all he asked was how much money there was.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
Yes," he continued, "what I call a regular facer for me.
From The Riddle of the Night by Thomas W. Hanshew
“I am not going to cry ‘I take a licking!’ because Fortune has caught me a couple of facers without a return.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Walter Paget
It is claimed that these facers constitute the best possible protection against fire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Macgillicuddies support the Seceding interest, and deliver facers in the teeth of all establishments whatsoever.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
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