plainclothesman

or plain·clothes man

[ pleyn-klohz-muhn, -man, -klohthz- ]

noun,plural plain·clothes·men [pleyn-klohz-muhn, -men, -klohthz-]. /ˈpleɪnˈkloʊz mən, -ˌmɛn, -ˈkloʊðz-/.
  1. a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.

Origin of plainclothesman

1
First recorded in 1925–30; plain clothes + man

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