Idiom
slip of the pen
Meaning
A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I wrote the wrong date because of a slip of the pen.”
“The author apologized for the typo in the first chapter, calling it a minor slip of the pen.”
“Although the manuscript underwent rigorous editing, a small slip of the pen regarding the protagonist's age remained in the final published edition.”
Examples
simple
“I wrote the wrong date because of a slip of the pen.”
contextual
“The author apologized for the typo in the first chapter, calling it a minor slip of the pen.”
complex
“Although the manuscript underwent rigorous editing, a small slip of the pen regarding the protagonist's age remained in the final published edition.”
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