Definitions for plainclothesman

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Spelling: [pleyn-klohz-muh n, -man, -kloh Plainclothesman is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 30 points.

You can make 4715 anagrams from letters in plainclothesman (aacehillmnnopst).

Definitions for plainclothesman

noun

  1. a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.

Origin of plainclothesman

First recorded in 1925-30; plain clothes + man1

Examples for plainclothesman

Followed by a plainclothesman, a middle-aged man entered the living room.

A plainclothesman put a stethoscope on the questionable case.

Were they with some policeman as they came out of the building or in custody of some plainclothesman?

She smiled in silent gratitude and allowed the plainclothesman to lead her away from that chamber of horror.

Yes, plainclothesman, wearing black hats; one of them had one of those Texas hats.

The police sergeant and plainclothesman exchanged a quick glance.

The other plainclothesman came up to Sergeant Ketzel and Bending as they entered.

He lingered, but the plainclothesman was staring at the innocent, inviolable parcels about to leave the Embassy for distant parts.

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