threepence

noun

1. （旧时的）三便士
   the sum of three old pence

1. Your Christmas dinner for threepence.
   你的圣诞节正餐的代价只是三便士。
2. Space, rockets and science sprang out of the pages of the pulp science-fiction magazines he bought in Woolworths for threepence each, and which he could not always afford.
   童年时代，他从Woolworths买来的廉价科幻杂志上看到了宇宙、火箭和现代科学。区区三便士的杂志，也不是他随便就能买起的。
3. And one shilling threepence change.
   我找您一先令三便士。

noun

1. former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies