http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-43568 harmomious Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:03:54 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3736#comment-43568 Feh! ? Feh! ?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-43217 Harmonious Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:58:22 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3736#comment-43217 The author of the novel, "The Winner,by Gritz" had once told me that religion was made of whole cloth. That's another way of putting it. But it does fill a need. The author of the novel, “The Winner,by Gritz” had once told me that religion was made of whole cloth. That’s another way of putting it. But it does fill a need.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-21264 Patricia Blackwell Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:55:52 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3736#comment-21264 In my childhood I associated "made of whole cloth" with the tale of the emperor's new clothes, which were, of course, nonexistent except in the king's own mind. Just as truth is nonexistent in a lie or fabricated story. In my childhood I associated “made of whole cloth” with the tale of the emperor’s new clothes, which were, of course, nonexistent except in the king’s own mind. Just as truth is nonexistent in a lie or fabricated story.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-20152 Topi Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:43:53 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3736#comment-20152 How come manufactured doesn't mean handcrafted? How come manufactured doesn’t mean handcrafted?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/07/whole-cloth-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-20013 Ian Harmer Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:46:42 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=3736#comment-20013 I believe the "whole cloth" reference is to the fact that the false claim or lie was created without reason or reference to truth, as in a suit hacked out of cloth without a pattern or design. Thanks for your website, by the way - don't stumble this way often, but I always enjoy it when I do. I believe the “whole cloth” reference is to the fact that the false claim or lie was created without reason or reference to truth, as in a suit hacked out of cloth without a pattern or design. Thanks for your website, by the way – don’t stumble this way often, but I always enjoy it when I do.

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