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whole cloth
(whole cloth)
noun
[
mass noun
]
cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece cut off for a garment or other item.
Phrases
out of
(
the
)
whole cloth
North American
informal
with no basis in fact or reality:
she created conspiracy theories out of the whole cloth
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