Facer

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Sat Dec 24 2005 at 6:59:20

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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