rinky-dink vs wanty

rinky-dink

adj
  • Of poor quality; shoddy, small-time, or amateurish. 

  • That rinky-dink shelf is likely to collapse if you fill it with books. 

  • Crooked; underhanded. 

  • Tinkling and tinny. 

noun
  • A tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk. 

  • An amateur or someone who is underqualified. 

  • A thingy; a miscellaneous thing or object. 

  • Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; trickery. 

  • A small-time crook or conman; someone who operates unethically. 

  • Something that is not up to acceptable standards. 

  • A bad deal; the result of a false promise. 

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 rinky-dink and wanty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )