inane vs not worth a Continental

inane

adj
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) (lacking sense): 

  • Purposeless; pointless 

  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) 

noun
  • That which is void or empty. 

not worth a Continental

adj
  • worthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation. 

How often have the words inane and not worth a Continental occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )