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

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

From Jerry by Webster, Jean

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 Picton, Harold W. (Harold Williams)

I remarked that, but considered it a mere slip of the pen.

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry