Meaning

1 senses
  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

    Schreibfehler

    опи́скаopíska

Examples

1 sentences
  1. It's a slip of the pen.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
mistake in handwriting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mistake in handwriting:

Forms

plural: slips of the pen
Singularslip of the pen
Pluralslips of the pen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

6 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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