slip of the pen
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"Just a slip of the pen, my dear."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dear Saint Nicholas: Will you give me room to rectify a slip of the pen?
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 by Mary Mapes Dodge
A mistake of appointment, almost a slip of the pen, and a man may be in charge who will make life unendurable as only unlimited authority can.
From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton
It is clear that "presumed" is a slip of the pen; it should have been condescended.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
By a strange slip of the pen or the press, periculum is put instead of periculo in my note.
From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
