We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of plain clothes in inglês
catalão
roba de civil Ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
Synonyms
Examples for "civilian clothing"
Examples for "civilian clothing"
1
He dressed in civilian clothing that barely fit, and took his rifle.
2
Like him, they wore a motley mix of uniforms and civilian clothing.
3
Vigilant armed men in civilian clothing stand guard at every turn.
4
The man was in civilian clothing, but his figure seemed familiar.
5
Sneaking out of a hospital is easy if you're dressed in civilian clothing.
1
Two were officers; the third, Colonel von Wallenstein, was in civilian dress.
2
Behind the column came a large body of men in civilian dress.
3
At hearing that name, from one in civilian dress, Dave stepped forward.
4
In this parade Governor Roosevelt rode on horseback, in civilian dress.
5
I shall be ready as soon as I can change to civilian dress.
1
He saw several figures in contemporary civilian garb and at least two American GIs.
2
Struggling in Chester's arms was a man in civilian garb.
3
All of them were dressed in inconspicuous civilian garb.
4
On Monday the military regime's leader, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, wore civilian garb on a walk in downtown Cairo.
5
He said intelligence had intercepted LTTE leaders ordering its fighters to trade their trademark tiger-stripe camouflage fatigues for civilian garb.
Usage of plain clothes in inglês
1
Three of them were in plain clothes; the other was a soldier.
2
The other gentleman in plain clothes was the chaplain of the ship.
3
Meantime the young person in the plain clothes was saying to Joan:
4
We had men in plain clothes watching the house night and day.
5
Mr. Fowler was in plain clothes, and the blinds were half drawn.
6
General Bustamante, now in plain clothes, gave us a very cordial reception.
7
Others were dressed as men-of-war men, and one was in plain clothes.
8
Not the police, but a man in plain clothes was standing there.
9
I changed myself into plain clothes and no stays and no crinolines.
10
They wore plain clothes with no markings or insignia of any kind.
11
Telephone messages, meanwhile, had come in from the two plain clothes men.
12
Miserable creature in plain clothes, and by no means a lady's fancy.
13
The boy vanished and soon reappeared, ushering in the policeman in plain clothes.
14
British Transport Police said later he was a plain clothes officer.
15
They were dressed in plain clothes and were very concerned about my health.
16
In fact, he was a policeman of the higher order, in plain clothes.
This collocation consists of:
Plain clothes through the time
Plain clothes across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
More variants