Half-crowns, florins, shillings, sixpences, and threepenny pieces are made of silver.

二先令六便士、弗罗林（一种货币）、先令、六便士以及三便士都是银做的。

It consisted of pennies, sixpences and threepenny bits.

它便士、六便士和三便士组成。

A " threepenny" was a coin worth very little in the United Kingdom.

“threepenny”在英国是一种价值微乎其微的硬币。

Ten minutes later the lady was ensconced comfortably on her bed, smoking cigarettes and deep in the perusal of Garnaby Williams, the Boy Detective, which, with other threepenny works of lurid fiction, she had sent out to purchase.

十分钟后，这位女士地躺在床上，抽着烟，仔细阅读侦探加纳比·威廉姆斯 (Garnaby Williams)，这本书和其他三便士的耸人听闻的说一起，是她出去买的。