Meaning of slip of the pen | Babel Free

Definitions

A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.

idiomatic

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: writo; misprint; miswriting; typo”

“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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