not worth a Continental vs paltry

not worth a Continental

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

paltry

adj
  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

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