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Gunwales removed from passenger vessel in slip (3)

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err

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'slip' is the definition.
(to err is to make an error)

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(Other definitions for err that I've seen before include "Go wrong" , "'To . . . is human, to forgive divine'" , "Be inaccurate" , "Miscalculate" , "Transgress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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