Ww: "Warp and Woof"

n. The underlying structure on which something is built; a base or foundation: "profound dislocations throughout the entire warp and woof of the American economy" (David A. Stockman).

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Little I guessed how all the warp and woof of that man- world was entangled with alcohol.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack