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facer

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fac·er  (fsr)
n.
1. One that faces, especially a device used in smoothing or dressing a surface.
2. An unexpected, stunning blow or defeat.
facer
Noun
Brit old-fashioned informal a difficulty or problem
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Noun1.facer - (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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In fact, it is propinquity that usually gives the facer to the logic of youth.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
I've had a nasty facer myself, but--' That was all I could hear, but it was enough to set me thinking.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
At each division administering a soft facer with one of the speckled fists.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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