out of whole cloth

From pure fabrication or fiction. This expression is often put as cut (or made) out of whole cloth, as in That story was cut out of whole cloth. In the 15th century this expression referred to something fabricated from cloth that ran the full length of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was common practice for tailors to deceive their customers and, instead of using whole cloth, actually make garments from pieced goods. Their advertising slogan, “cut out of whole cloth,” thus came to mean “made up, false.”

Words nearby out of whole cloth

out-of-town, out-of-towner, out of turn, out of wedlock, out of whack, out of whole cloth, out of work, out on a limb, out on bail, out on one's ear, out on the town

单词	out of whole cloth
释义	out of whole cloth From pure fabrication or fiction. This expression is often put as cut (or made) out of whole cloth, as in That story was cut out of whole cloth. In the 15th century this expression referred to something fabricated from cloth that ran the full length of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was common practice for tailors to deceive their customers and, instead of using whole cloth, actually make garments from pieced goods. Their advertising slogan, “cut out of whole cloth,” thus came to mean “made up, false.” Words nearby out of whole cloth out-of-town, out-of-towner, out of turn, out of wedlock, out of whack, out of whole cloth, out of work, out on a limb, out on bail, out on one's ear, out on the town The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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