American Slang

By Robert L. Chapman and Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

The abridged edition of the New Dictionary of American Slang, containing 14,000 entries. "American slang at its rip-roaring, zany, zappy best."--Dr. Robert Burchfield, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062731726
• ISBN13: 9780062731722
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: CollinsRef
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

A must for ESL learners

I recommend this book as an essential guide to ESL learners who aren't famillar with American slangs. Though abridged, this reference carries helpful usages of words and phrases. This book can beat other bulky and expensive dictionaries out, I believe.