facer

[ fey-ser ]

noun

1. a person or thing that faces.
2. Informal. a blow in the face.
3. British Informal. an unexpected major difficulty, dilemma, or defeat.

facer

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of facer¹

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

Example Sentences

This would have been a “facer” to any but a true son of Uncle Sam.

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I shall bear it well enough presently; but it's an awful facer, old boy.

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Take care you don’t get an answer of that sort—a facer, I mean—from the ‘pretty fisher maiden.

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This was a facer for the ex-priest, and ere he could frame a retort Jerome took up the matter again.

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This was a facer, for the words "Justice of the Peace" had already set me quaking.

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