beggarly vs pencil-necked

beggarly

adj
  • inadequate or meagre. 

  • Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging. 

  • In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. 

adv
  • In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar. 

pencil-necked

adj
  • Insubstantial; weak. 

  • Having a very thin neck. 

How often have the words beggarly and pencil-necked occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )