Dollar tree eighty
/DOLLAR TREE EIGHTY/
$3.80. The pidgin way to say it, because 'three' becomes 'tree.'
In pidgin, "three" gets pronounced "tree." So $3.80 becomes "dolla tree eighty." Locals lean into it as a joke, especially when mimicking the old Longs Drugs / Foodland price tags.
Examples
- Dollar tree eighty? Dat's cheap.
- Spell number 3: Tree!
Origin
Pidgin English
Alternate spellings
Dolla tree eighty, Dolla 3 80, Dollah 3 80
humor