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Definition of plain-clothes adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

plain-clothes

adjective

/ˌpleɪn ˈkləʊðz/,

/ˌpleɪn ˈkləʊz/

/ˌpleɪn ˈkləʊðz/,

/ˌpleɪn ˈkləʊz/

[only before noun]

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(of police officers on duty) wearing ordinary clothes, not uniform
- plain-clothes police officers
Topics Law and justicec2

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