Meanings
adjectiveplain-clothes (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of plainclothes
Sergeant Lapworth was a plain-clothes man of the local staff.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
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plain-clothes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plain-clothes
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