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
Gona	-	Kurdish
KatrĖ	-	Lithuanian
Chlodulf	-	Ancient Germanic
Brighid	BRIED	Irish, Irish Mythology
Duncan	DUN-kən (English)	Scottish, English
Batya	-	Hebrew