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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

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