whole cloth

Make-believe; invention. Usually appears in the phrase "out of whole cloth." I broke curfew staying out too late with my boyfriend, but luckily I was able to make an excuse out of whole cloth about being at the library. When my sister refused to go to sleep without a bedtime story, I pulled a tale about princesses together out of whole cloth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tucker	TUK-ər	English (Modern)
BjÖRg	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Johns	[dʒɔnz]
Adrianne	ayd-ree-AN, AYD-ree-ən	English
Wulfno&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Blue	[blu:]