chintzy vs penny-wise

chintzy

adj
  • Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy. 

  • Of or decorated with chintz. 

  • Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky. 

penny-wise

adj
  • Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money. 

How often have the words chintzy and penny-wise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )