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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Facer \Fa"cer\ (f[=a]"s[~e]r), n.
1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced
person. [Obs.]
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There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor
fasers. --Latimer.
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2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or
stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.]
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I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I
had hollowed when I got a facer. --C. Kingsley.
3. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
[WordNet sense 1] [obsolescent Briticism]
[WordNet 1.5]