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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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 Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
Here was a facer for Mr. Lightfoot, and Jefferson Creede, to whom all eyes were turned in the crisis, smiled maliciously and let him sweat.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
Then you must put a plucky face on it; she mustn't see you cave in after the first facer.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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 Rameur, E.
It was the worst kind of a facer.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
Howsomnever, they didn’t come to facers, only passed a little jaw fore and aft.”
From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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
“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
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