paltry vs wanty

paltry

adj
  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

wanty

adj
  • Possessing or indicating lack; deficient. 

noun
  • A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water. 

  • A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness. 

  • A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal. 

  • A leather tie; a short wagon rope. 

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