composure -> composer

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Here's a blog post on the substitution of "composer" for "composure",
as in "he regained his composer":

http://sohothedog.blogspot.com/2006/11/who-can-turn-can-into-cane.html

The blogger calls this an eggcorn, but it strikes me as just a
run-of-the-mill malaprop.


--Ben Zimmer

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