facer
    n 1: (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is
         suddenly faced

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]
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