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Definition of Plain Clothes in English :

Plain Clothes

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Noun

1. civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes

ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plain Clothes

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plural noun

a.

ordinary clothes, as distinguished from uniform, as worn by a police detective on duty

b.

(as modifier)

a plain-clothes policeman

adjective

(of a police officer) wearing ordinary clothes when working, rather than a uniform

Two plain-clothes detectives lingered by the doorways.

The plain-clothes policemen tracked the visitors to the pub.

There were both uniformed and plain-clothes officers inside.

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Plain Clothes

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adj.

Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective.

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