slip of the pen

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slip of the pen (plural slips of the pen)

  1. (idiomatic) A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.
    Synonyms: lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
    Coordinate terms: slip of the tongue, lapsus linguae
    Near-synonyms: writo; misprint; miswriting; typo
    • 1961 December, “New reading on railways: The South Eastern & Chatham Railway. By O. S. Nock”, in Trains Illustrated, page 768:
      There are one or two slips of the pen—L.S.W.R. trains did not run through Ludgate Hill, for instance—[...].

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