"Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?

[Mark Mandel]

On 8/1/07, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> "Troll the ancient Yuletide carol"?  I've always heard it as "trill."  Can
> you cite a source for "troll" as a type of singing?
>
> Random House, M-W and Encarta are three.
> DAD


OED:

>
> *6.* *trans.* To cause to pass from one to another, hand round among the
> company present; esp. in phrase *to troll the bowl*. Hence *troll-the-bowl
> * as n., a tippler, carouser. *Obs.*
>
>     *IV. 10.*    *a.* *trans.* To sing (something) in the manner of a
> round or catch; to sing in a full, rolling voice; to chant merrily or
> jovially. Const. *forth*, *out*. Cf. ROLL<http://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2158/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=troll&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&search_id=iimO-FO6Xt3-8992&result_place=3&xrefword=roll&ps=v.&homonym_no=2>
> *v.*2 4b and TROLLY-LOLLY<http://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2158/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=troll&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&search_id=iimO-FO6Xt3-8992&result_place=3&xrefword=trolly-lolly&ps=int.>
> *int.*
>   Perh. originally *fig.* from 6 = to sing in succession, as a round or
> catch (each line being as it were passed on to the next singer).
>     *b.* *intr.* To sing in this way; to carol, warble.
>

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