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slip of the pen

slip of the pen noun: a mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.

Noun

slip of the pen (plural slips of the pen)

  1. (idiomatic) A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.
    • Near-synonyms: writo; misprint; miswriting; typo
    • There are one or two slips of the pen—L.S.W.R. trains did not run through Ludgate Hill, for instance—[...].1961 December, “New reading on railways: The South Eastern & Chatham Railway. By O. S. Nock”, in Trains Illustrated, page 768

slip of the pen meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

slip of the pen in Tamil

எழுத்துப்பிழை, கைப்பிழைபாடு

slip of the pen in Bengali

হাতের লেখায় একটি ভুল

slip of the pen in Vietnamese

mistake in handwriting
viết nhịu

Synonyms of slip of the pen

Forms of slip of the pen

pluralslips of the pen

Questions about slip of the pen

What does slip of the pen mean?
Slip of the pen means a mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.
What is slip of the pen in Tamil?
Slip of the pen in Tamil is எழுத்துப்பிழை, கைப்பிழைபாடு. See Slip of the pen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slip of the pen?
Slip of the pen is a noun.
What is the plural of slip of the pen?
The plural of slip of the pen is slips of the pen.

Words near slip of the pen in the dictionary

  1. slip lane
  2. slip lanes
  3. slip noose
  4. slip nooses
  5. slip of the keyboard
  6. slip of the pen
  7. slip of the tongue
  8. slip off
  9. slip off someone's tongue
  10. slip one past
  11. slip one's wind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slip of the pen (page history and authors); slip of the pen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slip of the pen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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