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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


plain-clothes, adjective
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plain·clothes or plain-clothes   (plān'klōz', -klōthz'-)   
adj.  Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective.
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