Fa"cer (fA"sər), n.
1.
One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.]
There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers.
Latimer.
2.
A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.]
I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer.
C. Kingsley.
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