plain clothes
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plain clothes
–noun
| clothing other than one's uniform, esp. civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer. |
Also, plainclothes.
Origin:
1815–25
1815–25

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| plain clothes | |
noun | |
| ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. [syn: civilian clothing] |
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