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Whole cloth
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
newly
made
textile
which has
not yet
been cut.
●
The
fictitious
material
from which
complete
fabrications
,
lies
with no
basis
in truth
, are made.
●
Something made
completely
new, with no
history
, and not based on anything else.
Adv
●
in full
extent
,
wholesale
,
entirely
, without changes or additions
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Origin
whole cloth
English
cloth
English
cloth
Middle English (1100-1500)
whole
English
hool
Middle English (1100-1500)
hal
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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Etym
Synonyms
Broadcloth
Completely
At Length
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