dirt-poor vs penurious

dirt-poor

adj
  • In a condition of extreme poverty. 

penurious

adj
  • Impoverished; wanting for money. 

  • Miserly; excessively cheap. 

  • Not bountiful; thin; scant. 

How often have the words dirt-poor and penurious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )