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plain⋅clothes⋅man

  [pleyn-klohz-muhn, -man, -klohthz-]
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–noun, plural -men  [-muhn, -men] .
a police officer, esp. a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
Also, plainclothes man.

Origin:
1925–30; plain clothes + man 1
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plain·clothes·man or plain·clothes man   (plān'klōz'mən, -klōthz'-)   
n.  A member of a police force, especially a detective, who wears civilian clothes on duty.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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