new coinage?

[neil]

on 24/2/05 7:55 pm, sagehen at sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM wrote:

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> " under pressure to tow party lines".......taken from another list.
> Is this what you call an Eggcorn  ?  (It could have been an intentional
> coinage: I haven't asked the perpetrator.)
> A. Murie

I have seen 2 instances in American publications where 'toe the line' has
been rendered 'tow the line'.

- Neil Crawford