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over the transom

Said of an unsolicited work submitted for publication.

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  • Refers to the idea of a writer tossing a manuscript through the open window over the door of the publisher's office. Alternatively, a "transom" is the nautical term for the back of a small boat. Something which "came in over the transom" would have suddenly entered through the "back door" of the craft, metaphorically.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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