slip of the pen

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"Just a slip of the pen, my dear."

From Time Magazine Archive

But that was a slip of the pen, merely.

From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew

He scarcely noticed the mistake at the conclusion: the dowager had doubtless intended to imply that he was wicked, and the slip of the pen in her temper went for nothing.

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

"Affection" she'll feel for me "ever," But stay—if that blot is an "n" It turns it at once into "never," Or is it a slip of the pen?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 by Various

“When I wrote I called you ‘Miss Wilder’; that was a slip of the pen too.

From Jerry Junior by Lowell, Orson