nugatory vs threepenny

nugatory

adj
  • Trivial, trifling or of little importance. 

  • Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual. 

  • Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained. 

  • Ineffective, invalid or futile. 

threepenny

adj
  • Of little worth; mean; vulgar. 

  • Having a value or cost of threepence. 

noun
  • A stamp worth three pence. 

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