threepenny vs trivial

threepenny

adj
  • Of little worth; mean; vulgar. 

  • Having a value or cost of threepence. 

noun
  • A stamp worth three pence. 

trivial

adj
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value. 

  • Commonplace, ordinary. 

  • Pertaining to the trivium. 

  • Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic. 

  • Self-evident. 

  • Concerned with or involving trivia. 

  • Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case. 

  • Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity. 

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