slip of the pen

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

From Time Magazine Archive

One wonders whether the last "&" was accidentally substituted for the word "or," by a slip of the pen.

From The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century by Longueville, Thomas

Garhā Kota seems to be a slip of the pen for Garhā.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

Possibly ‘philology’ is here a slip of the pen, and ‘mythology’ may be meant.

From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew

This last error, indeed, can scarcely be more than a slip of the pen.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various