Meaning of Plainer | Babel Free

Definitions

A policeman who wears plainclothes.

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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.”

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