WHOLECLOTH

whole cloth

Noun

  1. A newly made textile which has not yet been cut.
  2. The fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.
    Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth.
  3. Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.
    The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth.

Adverb

  1. in full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions


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