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plainclothes
adjective plain·clothes \ˈplān-ˈklō(th)z\
: dressed in ordinary clothes and not a uniform while on duty
Full Definition of PLAINCLOTHES
: dressed in civilian clothes while on duty —used especially of a police officer
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First Known Use of PLAINCLOTHES
1866
Rhymes with PLAINCLOTHES
appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose
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