Associations to the word «Plainclothesman»

Wiktionary

PLAINCLOTHESMAN, noun. A police officer (especially a detective) who wears civilian clothes when on duty

Dictionary definition

PLAINCLOTHESMAN, noun. A detective who wears civilian clothes on duty.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats