mislayals

Noun

mislayal (countable and uncountable, plural mislayals)

1. (rare) The act of mislaying something.
   • The accidental mislayal (that strikes us as a good word, whether found in any of the differing ‘authentic’ dictionaries or not) of one or two letters from Tyrone Power, and ‘Gentleman Abbott,’ both of whom contributed to our pages long years ago, has prevented our carrying out, in the present...1861 May, “Editor’s Table”, in [Charles Godfrey Leland], editor, The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume LVII, number 5, New York, N.Y.: J[ames] R[oberts] Gilmore, […], page 551

   Synonyms:

   mislaying