printer's error
Example Sentences
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Even if it’s not a printer’s error or a truncation, fat might not mean what we think it means.
From Slate
Of course, no one would try to spend a $7.6 million coin, or mail a letter with one of those postage stamps made famous by a printer’s error.
From New York Times
In particular there was a tendency for characters to ask semi-rhetorical questions punctuated with a period instead of a question mark; this has not been changed since it may be a stylistic choice, not a printer's error.
From Project Gutenberg
This may possibly be a mere printer’s error.
From Project Gutenberg
For the record, The Phantom's creator intended for the character's outfit to be gray — Falk even considered calling him "The Grey Ghost" — but a printer's error resulted in the familiar, albeit impractical, purple suit.
From Seattle Times
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