General
dollar slice
What does dollar slice mean?
A slice of pizza sold for about a dollar at budget pizzerias found across the city; a late-night and broke-New-Yorker staple.
"We were broke so we lived on dollar slices."
Origin
NYC; refers to the '99-cent/dollar pizza' shops that proliferated in New York in the 2000s–2010s.
Frequently asked questions
What is a 'dollar slice'?
It's a slice of pizza sold for about a dollar at budget pizzerias, a late-night and broke-New-Yorker staple.
Where does the 'dollar slice' come from?
It refers to the 99-cent/dollar pizza shops that proliferated across New York in the 2000s–2010s.
How do you use 'dollar slice'?
Use it for cheap NYC pizza, as in 'We were broke so we lived on dollar slices.'
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