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

二先令六、弗罗林（一种货币）、先令、六以及三都是银做。

It consisted of pennies, sixpences and threepenny bits.

它、六三组成。

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，这位女舒舒服服地躺在床上，抽着烟，仔细阅读小侦探加纳比·威廉姆斯 (Garnaby Williams)，这本书其他三耸人听闻小说一起，是她出去买。