misquotation
noun/ˌmɪskwəʊˈteɪʃn/
/ˌmɪskwəʊˈteɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- a group of words or short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful, but with mistakes in the way it is repeated
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