Usually means: Unadorned, simple, and unembellished style.
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  1. plain Jane, plain-Jane: Merriam-Webster
  2. plain Jane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plain-Jane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plain-jane, plain-Jane: Wordnik
  5. plain Jane: Wiktionary
  6. plain Jane: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. plain jane, plain-Jane: Dictionary.com
  8. Plain Jane (ASAP Ferg song), Plain Jane (TV series), Plain Jane (album), Plain Jane (band), Plain Jane (film), Plain Jane (song), Plain Jane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. plain-Jane: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (plain Jane)

noun:  (informal) A young woman or girl of average or unremarkable appearance.
noun:  (informal, attributive) Something basic and ordinary.

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