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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A story made up out of ‘whole cloth’ is entirely and deliberately fictitious. As such, it’s a narrative fabric full of holes. About 1000 ghits, e.g.,
Much of the “evidence” against him is manufactured out of HOLE cloth! (meaning it is nonsense!)
www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/09/blog/news/n0078.txt
Some cast aspersions without any support, then have the nerve to cloak their opinions as “philosophy.” “Philosophies” are not made up out of hole cloth, ...
www.audioasylum.com/scripts/t.pl?f=critics&m=19302
His effort here is to prove that the bible was not just redacted ( something every scholar agrees on ) , but was composed out of hole cloth by scribes…
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/ … 0?v=glance
He destroyed the reputations of hundreds of people with ‘evidence’ made out of hole cloth.
pandagon.net/2005/11/22/fox-spurns-indecent-proposal/
Had the South won, it is very likely state’s rights concepts built of hole cloth and slavery would surely not have granted a humane Bill of Rights ...
nebraska.statepaper.com/vfeedback/frontend.v?ACTION=display_post&Site_ID=&Post_ID=d62010527486121
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