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plain clothes man

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

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noun, plural plain·clothes·men

[-muhn, -men] .

a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.

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Also, plainclothes man.

Origin:
1925–30; plain clothes + man¹

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