Plainclothes

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform. uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection. not-comparable, usually

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civilian attirecivilian clothingcivilian garbcivilian-cladinconspicuousinformal wear

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"Tom is a plainclothes police officer."

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