lapsus linguae

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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Sallianna wound up by saying, that it would be an affair of rare and opprobrious interest; and, as a comedy, would be positively deleterious, which was probably a lapsus linguae for "delicious."

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten

Even a lapsus linguae, "you uns," was unmistakable amidst the high-flown periods.

From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Craffock, Charles Egbert

"Where is he going?" was Warren's lapsus linguae, at this bit of news.

From The Voice on the Wire by Ball, Eustace Hale

In his reply, Mr. Van Buren made his only known lapsus linguae by addressing them as the "Democratic corps."

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley