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
Mariya	mah-REE-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Tahnee	TAW-nee	English (Rare)
&Aelig;&Eth;Elr&Aelig;D	-	Anglo-Saxon
Mintxo	-	Basque
Desiree	[deizi:'rei]
Ogechi	-	Western African, Igbo