2. Noun. (alternative spelling of slip-ups) ¹
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Definition of Slipups
1. slipup [n] - See also: slipup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slipups
Literary usage of Slipups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"When we hear such shifts occurring sporadically around us, they may sound to some
like gross and hopeless slipups that could never become standard in the ..."
2. Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger (2002)
"And many magazines run amusing slipups as fillers or as features on the back page.
But fallibility seems capable of causing tsunamis of interest on the Web ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1909)
"... because to make eight good plates it would always be necessary to expose for
at least ten, allowing 25 per cent. for defective exposures or slipups. ..."
4. Privacy in a Fishbowl by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"NO slipups ALLOWED. CREDIT RECORDS PRIVACY In these days of increased mobility
in modern America, most merchants do not know their customers by name or even ..."
5. Old Judge Priest by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1916)
"... what with apologising for any slipups that might have occurred, and being
scolded and ordered about on errands and called upon to explain this or that, ..."
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