slip of the pen

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

From Time Magazine Archive

“That was a slip of the pen; I hope you will excuse it.”

From Jerry Junior by Lowell, Orson

As for the place where the pulque was kept, it was a venial slip of the pen to call it a "wine-cellar," even if it was not below the ground.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

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

From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew

Tonapa looks like a slip of the pen, and is probably Tarapa for Tarapaca.

From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir