Corn rolls - eggcorn

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 5, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Chris Waigl wrote:

> My reason for not counting (or entering) "chest of draws" is that
> there
> just isn't enough (folk-) etymology there, or semantic
> reinterpretation
> for that matter. A drawer is something you draw towards you. The
> difference is a mere derivational suffix.

historically, yes.  but i suspect that few people make a connection
between the noun "drawer" and the verb "draw" (sort of like "sweater"
and "sweat"), so "draw" for "drawer" might be an eggcorn that revives
a historical element.

arnold