Plain-Jane
[pleyn-jeyn] /ˈpleɪnˈdʒeɪn/
adjective, Informal.
1.
simple and modest; unadorned; basic:
a plain-Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery.
noun, Informal.
1.
a drab, unattractive, and generally uninteresting girl or woman.
“unattractive woman,” first attested 1912.
adjective phrase
Unadorned; stark; no-frills:”Plain Jane” is how one gun collector describes the look
[1912+; the earliest examples read plain Jane and no nonsense]
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