Eggcorn?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/16/2009 04:12 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
>In a final paper, one of my students wrote that a female character
>in a novel is put on a "pedal stool."  Is this a possible eggcorn
>for pedestal?

Perhaps thinking of a piano stool, adjustable to reach the pedals?

Joel

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