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Definition of Facers
1. facer [n] - See also: facer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facers
Literary usage of Facers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"The superiority of Carter over his opponent was visible in every movement ; he
not only gave six more facers with the utmost dexterity, and put in a body ..."
2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1823)
"round ; when, the fellow not perceiving the exchange, he went in, and gave hjm
his quietus, by two rattling facers and a good body blow, and Jack went off ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"From this pile, the "facers" are selected. These are fruits of a uniform size and
... The facers are then laid by hand in the then bottom, but later top, ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"Now when we read about "right and left," and "facers," we are reminded rather of
a passage in Belts Life than of an article in a journal whose ordinary ..."
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