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Facer | Facer \Fa"cer\ (f[=a]"s[~e]r), n. 1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] 2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.] [1913 Webster] I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer. --C. Kingsley. 3. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced. [WordNet sense 1] [obsolescent Briticism] [WordNet 1.5] |
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