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slip of the tongue

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n.1.an unintentional utterance; a mistake in speaking.
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Noun1.slip of the tongue - an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake
spoonerism - transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words


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NEVER, by a slip of the tongue, have they so much as alluded to either of their old friends, any more than Miles has alluded to his expulsion.
Tulkinghorn, excusing himself for this slip of the tongue by saying to Judy, "I was thinking of your grandmother, my dear.
"Lvovitch," repeated the general without the slightest haste, and with perfect confidence, just as though he had not committed himself the least in the world, but merely made a little slip of the tongue.
 
 
 
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