slip of the pen's Usage Examples:

record in 1588 from the empirical treasury in Vienna may be due to a slip of the pen, as Lorck is mentioned with all the other ‘’Hartschier’’s that had.

1311 that Mia, Gattin des [wife of] Werner Waltersbacher sold her slip of the pen of her endowment on a house.

private secretary), states that the date of 17 January is erroneous ("a slip of the pen, or a misprint") and claims that the most likely date is 17 February.

her memoirs list her birth date as 1744, they are footnoted as a "slip of the pen".

describes the route southward from Champa toward Sumatra, but by a slip of the pen the name "Java" (which Polo did not himself visit) was substituted.

A crux is more serious or extensive than a simple slip of the pen or typographical error.

A slip of the pen by an army clerk when drawing up a list of officers for promotion,.

crux is more serious or extensive than a simple slip of the pen or typographical error.

It has been conjectured that this account represents a slip of the pen, and should read "David Bonjorn and his son".

" seems to be a little slip of the pen that gives the game away; Bakhuizen, p.

Sovereign Lord the King" (referring to William IV), this must be a slip of the pen.

writing or speaking lapsus calami inadvertent typographical error, slip of the pen   lapsus linguae inadvertent speech error, slip of the tongue   lapsus.

leavidens" in a caption, this is usually seen as a lapsus calami (or "slip of the pen") because this species is not further mentioned.

Synonyms:

move, steal,

Antonyms:

stand still, take, starve,