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plain clothes

plain clothes noun: civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected, as the police or clergy.

Noun

plain clothes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected, as the police or clergy.

Forms of plain clothes

alternative formplain-clothes

Questions about plain clothes

What does plain clothes mean?
Plain clothes means civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected, as the police or clergy.
What part of speech is plain clothes?
Plain clothes is a noun.

Words near plain clothes in the dictionary

  1. plain breads
  2. plain brown wrapper
  3. plain brown wrappers
  4. plain chocolate
  5. plain chocolates
  6. plain clothes
  7. plain cook
  8. plain cooks
  9. plain dealer
  10. plain dealers
  11. plain dealing

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