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Plainer

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A policeman who wears plainclothes.

Equivalents

Françaisplainer
العربيةأبسط

Examples

“Three pandas were parked round the edge of the wee swing⟳ park⟳, lights spinning, flashing blue on a huddle of plainers over by the iron⟳ roundabout.”
“The plainer, he was from the Marine police station on Anderson Street and Davin or Devine or something was his name⟳ — said nothing.”
“A guy and a girl make⟳ ideal plainers; nobody gives them a second thought; people just assume⟳ they're a couple.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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