facer

American  

[fey-ser] / ˈfeɪ sər /

noun

facers plural

1. a person or thing that faces.

2. Informal. a blow in the face.

3. British Informal. an unexpected major difficulty, dilemma, or defeat.

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facer British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• facers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of facer

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

facer facers

Yes," he continued, "what I call a regular facer for me.

From The Riddle of the Night by Hanshew, Thomas W.

Rough on him, and rough on the Foltlebarres, and a facer for Lessie ... and what price the girl?'

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

It’s a facer, but nothing need come of it.”

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

This to her daughter, who sauntered in just in time to receive the facer and gasp: "Why, mother, what do you mean?"

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

"Quite a facer for my anticipations," Lucinda interposed firmly—"considering the way I had to fly Chicago and my husband."

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

“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 Paget, Walter

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 Cooper, James Fenimore