rejection slip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rejection slip
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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I never would just send back a rejection slip.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2018
In the form of a nasty putdown, a rejection slip or a banana.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2017
I still have that rejection slip somewhere, typed on Konami letterhead with the company’s trademark orange and red logo.
From Time ● Mar. 27, 2014
It received a rejection slip from a Bill Taylor, thanking him for his trouble, but with encouragement enough to keep him trying for "the writers' newspaper" through stints in Guildford, Bristol, southern Rhodesia and Slough.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2013
She thought of her letter, her sugarcoated rejection slip.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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