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

Before he could recover this little facer, she said, quietly, "What is your name?"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

“It’s rather a facer to have you turn out to be a married woman.”

From What's-His-Name by Harrison Fisher

Here Sir Charles threw in something which he felt to be in the nature of a facer.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew

It was a facer for us and, 'pon my word, I don't see how they did it.

From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

This was somewhat of a facer, he was obliged to confess.

From The Riddle of the Night by Thomas W. Hanshew

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

“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

Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”

From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper