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  • noun Plural form of faceful.

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Examples

  • Acting as quickly as she could, she sat on the ledge, getting doused with facefuls of cold rain, and looked down.

    Lost Summer Alex McAulay 2006

  • Acting as quickly as she could, she sat on the ledge, getting doused with facefuls of cold rain, and looked down.

    Lost Summer Alex McAulay 2006

  • Acting as quickly as she could, she sat on the ledge, getting doused with facefuls of cold rain, and looked down.

    Lost Summer Alex McAulay 2006

  • The next morning, when Inti and the boys returned from the bush with their second empty pisco bottle and facefuls of sheepish expression, Switters held out his hand.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • The next morning, when Inti and the boys returned from the bush with their second empty pisco bottle and facefuls of sheepish expression, Switters held out his hand.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • I can't wait to get back up the yard and go to fork my muck up onto the muckheap and get mouthfuls, facefuls and hairfuls of it blown straight back again!

    unknown title 2009

  • I'm tired of the idea that as a liberal I'm supposed to be nice and take facefuls of shit in the form of intellectual nonsense.

    Popular Posts Across MetaFilter 2010

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