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made from whole cloth
made from whole cloth
Completely fictional or utterly false; totally made up. A reference to tailors who would falsely advertise garments being "cut out of whole cloth," when in reality, they were pieced together from different cuts. To be honest, I don't believe a word he says—it sounds like it's made from whole cloth to me.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Gerlind | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Timotheus | | - | Biblical Latin, German, Dutch |
Ginger | | JIN-jər | English |
Manaem | | - | Biblical Greek |
Ozi | | - | Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
Haruna | | hah-ṙoo-nah | Japanese |