"bailing wire"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 18, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> ... I'm pretty sure that Murie/sagehen was directing our attention
> to the
> eggcorn status of "bailing wire" rather than its metaphorical
> extension.
> I've added it to the Eggcorn Database in case there's any confusion...
>
> http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/386/bailing/

ah, ben got there first and saved me the trouble.  i was surprised
that this one wasn't already in there.

arnold