rejection slip
noun
a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
Origin of rejection slip
1First recorded in 1905–10
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How to use rejection slip in a sentence
Everything I wrote bounced back with a printed rejection slip.
If You Don't Write Fiction | Charles Phelps CushingOne of these pluggers declares he blesses the rejection slip because it "eliminates so many quitters."
If You Don't Write Fiction | Charles Phelps CushingOn an invaluable rejection-slip prepared by a national magazine, examples are given of "What we want and don't want."
Making Your Camera Pay | Frederick C. DavisThe rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.
Martin Eden | Jack LondonThe trouble, he complains, is that with every printed rejection slip there comes a word of sincere encouragement from the editor.
Post-Impressions | Simeon Strunsky
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