ALL meanings of all wool and a yard wide
all wool and a yard wide
A a - noun all wool and a yard wide genuine or admirable; truly and thoroughly as described 3
- noun all wool and a yard wide the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide fabrics and garments of such wool. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide yarn made of such wool. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide any of various substances used commercially as substitutes for the wool of sheep or other animals. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide any of certain vegetable fibers, as cotton or flax, used as wool, especially after preparation by special process (vegetable wool) 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep: glass wool; steel wool. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide any coating of short, fine hairs or hairlike processes, as on a caterpillar or a plant; pubescence. 1
- noun all wool and a yard wide Informal. the human hair, especially when short, thick, and crisp. 1
- idioms all wool and a yard wide all wool and a yard wide, genuine; excellent; sincere: He was a real friend, all wool and a yard wide. 1
- idioms all wool and a yard wide dyed in the wool, inveterate; confirmed: a dyed in the wool sinner. 1
- idioms all wool and a yard wide pull the wool over someone's eyes, to deceive or delude someone: The boy thought that by hiding the broken dish he could pull the wool over his mother's eyes. 1