rejection slip

noun

1. a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rejection slip¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Everything I wrote bounced back with a printed rejection slip.

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One of these pluggers declares he blesses the rejection slip because it "eliminates so many quitters."

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On an invaluable rejection-slip prepared by a national magazine, examples are given of "What we want and don't want."

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The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.

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The trouble, he complains, is that with every printed rejection slip there comes a word of sincere encouragement from the editor.

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