Out Of Whole Cloth
Pure fabrication usually used in the phrase out of whole cloth the theory was created out of whole cloth.
Out of whole cloth. In order to trick someone into believing what is not true he would make up stories out of whole cloth just to stir up trouble. Some of her stories she created out of whole cloth. Please tell us where you read or heard it including the quote if possible. From the very start.
The life of bettye kimbrell by joyce cauthen published in 2013. To fabricate something entirely fictional or utterly false and not based on reality at all. Comments on out of whole cloth what made you want to look up out of whole cloth. In the 15th century this expression referred to something fabricated from cloth that ran the full length of the loom.
The expression is generally used in the phrases made out of whole cloth make out of whole cloth makes out of whole cloth making out of whole cloth. Definition of whole cloth. To be honest i dont believe a word he saysit sounds like he made it up out of whole cloth to me. Whole cloth is a piece of fabric that has not been cut into pieces.
This expression is often put as cut or made out of whole cloth as in that story was cut out of whole cloth. By means of the imagination or as a fabrication. A reference to tailors who would falsely advertise garments being made out of whole cloth when in reality they were pieced together from different cuts. The idea of creating out of whole cloth an intelligence network in a country.
Out of whole cloth from pure fabrication or fiction.