slip of the pen

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

slip of the pen (plural slips of the pen)

1. (idiomatic) A mistake in handwriting.

See also

• Freudian slip
• slip of the tongue
• writo
• typo

Translations

mistake in handwriting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筆誤／笔误 (zh) (bǐwù), 笔误 (zh) (bǐwù)

• Finnish: kirjoitusvirhe (fi)
• German: Schreibfehler (de) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skrivefeil (no) m

  Nynorsk: skrivefeil m

• Russian: опи́ска (ru) f (opíska)