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plain clothesor plainclothes
plural nounclothing other than one's uniform, especially civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer. Origin of plain clothesFirst recorded in 1815–25 OTHER WORDS FROM plain clothesplain-clothes, plainclothes, adjectiveWords nearby plain clothesplain, plain as day, plain bearing, plainchant, plain chocolate, plain clothes, plainclothesman, plain dealing, Plainfield, plain film, plain flour Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plain clothesOutside at the taxi stand, the men approached and finally identified themselves: They turned out to be plain-clothes police. How a Blogger Blocked Sex Slavery|Abigail Pesta|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST I fooled the plain-clothes chap who was following me round, gave him the slip, and then came to see ye. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit|Burt L. Standish Immediately after them came the sergeant, Inspector Badger, one or two plain-clothes men, and finally the divisional surgeon. The Vanishing Man|R. Austin Freeman At any rate, none of my plain-clothes men has seen hide nor hair of one of the lot since, either in town or out. Cleek of Scotland Yard|Thomas W. Hanshew
Then there were policemen everywhere, and every other man nearly was a plain-clothes man or a detective. Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas|Rupert Hughes Ruth and Helen had sharp eyes, and they saw two plain-clothes men standing by to watch the forthcoming passengers. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie|Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for 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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