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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.
Topi:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:43 am
How come manufactured doesn’t mean handcrafted?
Patricia Blackwell:
August 8th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
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.
Harmonious:
September 2nd, 2012 at 5:58 pm
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.
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January 8th, 2011 at 2:09 am
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Ian Harmer:
June 21st, 2011 at 4:46 pm
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.
Topi:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:43 am
How come manufactured doesn’t mean handcrafted?
Patricia Blackwell:
August 8th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
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.
Harmonious:
September 2nd, 2012 at 5:58 pm
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.
harmomious:
September 19th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Feh! ?