slip of the pen

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

From Time Magazine Archive

One knows in general that if one finds a slip of the pen in a letter everything was not as usual with the writer.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

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

This has been interpreted as a slip of the pen for ganza; but it may be a Lombardism for gazza.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

It is clear that "presumed" is a slip of the pen; it should have been condescended.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene