slip of the pen

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, then, was it not mentioned in this list sent to Mr. George W. Greene, or did he by a slip of the pen record it as a story and not as a poem?

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

And, note, last of all, about this matter, the singular grammatical irregularity in my text, which is something much more than a mere blunder or slip of the pen.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

What if the same slip of the pen had been found in Cod. b?1066.Viz.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

If a blunder occurs one would rather believe in a slip of the pen, such as happens to real historians, not in the substantial inaccuracy of the narrative.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir