plain clothes

plain clothes
noun
ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
• Hypernyms: ↑clothing, ↑article of clothing, ↑vesture, ↑wear, ↑wearable, ↑habiliment
• Hyponyms: ↑civies, ↑civvies, ↑mufti

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noun
: unofficial clothes : the dress of an ordinary citizen

man waiting for him was in plain clothes — Nancy Rutledge

— opposed to uniform

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—plain-clothes, adj.
clothing other than one's uniform, esp. civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer.
[1815-25]

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plain|clothes «PLAYN KLOHZ, -KLOHTHZ», adjective.
not in uniform when on duty.
plain clothes,
the ordinary dress of civil life; nonofficial dress.

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1.
plural n. ordinary clothes rather than uniform, esp. when worn as a disguise by police officers

a detective in plain clothes

2.
adj. [attrib.] plainclothes (esp. of a police officer) wearing such clothes

plainclothes troopers

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plain clothes
: the ordinary clothes of a police officer who is not wearing a uniform

The officer was wearing plain clothes. [=the officer was not in uniform]

— see also ↑plainclothes
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Main Entry: ↑plain

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ˌplain ˈclothes [plain clothes plain-clothes] noun plural
ordinary clothes, not uniform, when worn by police officers on duty

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officers

in plain clothes
Derived Word: ↑plain-clothes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • plain-clothes — adj [only before noun] plain clothes police are police who wear ordinary clothes so that they can work without being recognized …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plain|clothes — «PLAYN KLOHZ, KLOHTHZ», adjective. not in uniform when on duty. plain clothes, the ordinary dress of civil life; nonofficial dress …   Useful english dictionary

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  • plain clothes — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ ordinary clothes rather than uniform, especially when worn by police officers …   English terms dictionary

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