A one-word misprint has cost Australia's Penguin group thousands of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
That's what they mean by "misprint", not a spelling mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
An EA rep on the Spore forums termed it a "misprint" in the manual. From Wordnik.com. [GamePolitics News] Reference
Accounts manager Tighe put the error down to a "misprint" but also admitted her CV was. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Another kind of misprint which we see occasionally is the misplacement of some lines of type. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
A misprint which is really an inspiration, calls "the Brest Nogotiations.". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Punch's History of the Great War] Reference
11.15 At the party, it turns out "all-you-can-drink" is a serious "misprint". From Wordnik.com. [Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Reference
Voter card misprint affects 7,500 (NBCWashington. com). From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Sept. 2, 2010] Reference
This, however, is probably a misprint for Don Quixote. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
And, you know, they said -- Honda says it's a misprint. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2006] Reference
'Fraction' in l. 12 is probably a misprint for 'Faction'. From Wordnik.com. [Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles] Reference
Another announcement also looked like a misprint at first. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Pulls Up His Socks] Reference
Chap.I. 'you most turne euery furrow' probable misprint for. From Wordnik.com. [The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments] Reference
'Manure of beasts which can be-gotten' probable misprint for. From Wordnik.com. [The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments] Reference
If only this were a misprint for John Charles Redmond Carson. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
August 28th was therefore probably a misprint for August 20th. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In the Bengal texts there is a misprint, viz., tatha for rasah. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The first line in this quotation, if it be not a misprint of the. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
'Swayam' in some of the Bengal texts is a misprint for 'Kshayam'. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
In the Bombay edition occurs a misprint, viz., sumanah for samanah. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
It makes one wonder whether the first epithet was perhaps a misprint for. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914] Reference
This is a misprint of yours, or a misspelling of your correspondents. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850] Reference
According to Mr. W.J. Gordon, we owe the name of chocolate to a misprint. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
Temple-Bar without a peacock he could imagine: surely this was a misprint!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
This makes the quotes unbalanced, but it isn't a misprint; it's deliberate. From Wordnik.com. [The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002] Reference
Subsequent news shows that "less irresponsible" was not a misprint but a prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917] Reference
If such a misprint were found, it might quite naturally be attributed to carelessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
If he had said 1522, he might have had the assistance of a misprint in the colophon, in which. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850] Reference
The words, "rifley dynamita" mean nothing and are evidently a misprint for "rifle y dynamita.". From Wordnik.com. [The Red Conspiracy] Reference
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