Facer
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A blow in the face, as in boxing. obsolete, slang
"I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one."
- 2 One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. obsolete
- 3 (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced wordnet
- 4 An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. broadly, slang
"“You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer."
- 5 A serving of alcoholic drink; a dram. slang
"Dory […] poured a little whisky into a glass, and grew reminiscent. “I had a facer myself this morning before I came down,” he said."
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
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More examples"I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one."
Etymology
From face (noun) + -er.
From face (verb) + -er.
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