Corn rolls - eggcorn

Michael McKernan mckernan at LOCALNET.COM
Mon Sep 5 21:28:49 UTC 2005


Dennis R. Preston asked:

>What about
>a "chest -of-draws" (as many locals her ein michigan ahve it)?

Having seen chest-of-draws (and simply 'draws') in early primary sources a
few times, I had guessed that 'draws' might be the original form, and
'drawers' a latter hypercorrection.


Michael McKernan



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