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Facer

//ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. obsolete
  3. 3
    (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced wordnet
  4. 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. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From face (noun) + -er.

Etymology 2

From face (verb) + -er.

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