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plain clothes
or plainclothes
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plural noun
clothing other than one's uniform, especially civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer.
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Origin of plain clothes
First recorded in 1815–25
OTHER WORDS FROM plain clothes
plain-clothes, plainclothes, adjectiveWords nearby plain clothes
plain, plain as day, plain bearing, plainchant, plain chocolate, plain clothes, plainclothesman, plain dealing, Plainfield, plain flour, plain Jane
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British Dictionary definitions for plain clothes
plain clothes
pl n
- ordinary clothes, as distinguished from uniform, as worn by a police detective on duty
- (as modifier)a plain-clothes policeman
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