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plainclothed

plainclothed adjective: plainclothes; wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform in order to avoid detection.

Adjective

plainclothed (not comparable)

  1. plainclothes; wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform in order to avoid detection.

Origin of plainclothed

From plain + clothed.

Questions about plainclothed

What does plainclothed mean?
Plainclothed means plainclothes; wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform in order to avoid detection.
What part of speech is plainclothed?
Plainclothed is an adjective.

Words near plainclothed in the dictionary

  1. plain-woven
  2. plainant
  3. plainants
  4. plainchant
  5. plainchants
  6. plainclothed
  7. plainclothes
  8. plainclothes man
  9. plainclothes men
  10. plainclothesman
  11. plainclothesmen

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