measly vs small time

measly

adj
  • Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. 

  • Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms). 

  • Of a person: infected with measles. 

small time

noun
  • A modest level of achievement, often local 

How often have the words measly and small time occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )