pencil-necked vs starved

pencil-necked

adj
  • Insubstantial; weak. 

  • Having a very thin neck. 

starved

adj
  • Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. 

  • Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. 

  • Extremely hungry. 

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