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facer¹

  • /ˈfeɪ̯.sə/ UK
  • /ˈfeɪ̯.səɹ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈfæɪ̯.sə/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈfe.səɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈfe.sʌɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈfeː.sɜː(ɾ)/ India
  • /ˈfeː.səɾ/ India

Rhymes with -eɪsə(ɹ)

noun facers

  1. obsolete, slang A blow in the face, as in boxing. 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 cros
  2. broadly, slang An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. “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.

    Similar: slap in the face

  3. slang A serving of alcoholic drink; a dram. Dory[…]poured a little whisky into a glass, and grew reminiscent. “I had a facer myself this morning before I came down,” he said.

facer²

  • /ˈfeɪ̯.sə/ UK
  • /ˈfeɪ̯.səɹ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈfæɪ̯.sə/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈfe.səɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈfe.sʌɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈfeː.sɜː(ɾ)/ India
  • /ˈfeː.səɾ/ India

Rhymes with -eɪsə(ɹ)

noun facers

  1. obsolete, slang One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

Facer³

proper noun Facers

  1. A surname.

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@misc{facer_2026,
  title = {facer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}