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plain Jane

[plain Jane] {n. phr.}

A common or simple looking young woman or girl.

/When we were in school, Ann was a plain Jane, but she blossomed out and even won the title of Miss Indiana./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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