English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪs�(r)|-eɪs�(r)

Noun

facer

#An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat

Quotations
2005 : "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. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 6)

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• 2007-03-20 20:13 - Zigzig20s - quotation from the line of beauty, hollinghurst

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