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Slip of the tongue

noun

An accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking.

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"Slip of the tongue" Quotes from Famous Books

... is said that Major Drayton, hearing of his neighbor's serious illness, rode over to make inquiry about him, and owing to a slip of the tongue, asked in a voice of deepest sympathy, "Any hopes ...

— The Christmas Peace - 1908 • Thomas Nelson Page

... Hal, between his hands. Then, by a slip of the tongue, and wholly innocent of any ...

— The Submarine Boys and the Middies - The Prize Detail at Annapolis • Victor G. Durham

... Lydia. "I should hope not! My first evening with her! To share it with anybody! Except her father, of course!" He added the last as an afterthought, more with the air of putting the Judge at his ease than of excusing himself for an ungraceful slip of the tongue. ...

— The Squirrel-Cage • Dorothy Canfield

... let you go, Miss Habberton," I said breathlessly, "without letting you know how contrite I am at a slip of the tongue which—" ...

— Paradise Garden - The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment • George Gibbs

... sound like a bridegroom. Had Bessemer run away then, or what? But some things looked queer. She remembered that Aileen had spoken as if Herbert was the bridegroom, but she had taken it for a mere slip of the tongue and thought nothing of it. When Aileen next came that way, she asked her if she happened to have got hold of one of the invitations, and Aileen, with her finger on her lips, nodded, and presently returned with something under ...

— Exit Betty • Grace Livingston Hill

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