close as wax vs penurious

close as wax

adj
  • miserly, tight, or secretive 

penurious

adj
  • Not bountiful; thin; scant. 

  • Miserly; excessively cheap. 

  • Impoverished; wanting for money. 

How often have the words close as wax and penurious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )