paltry --Willie

pal·try  (pôltr) adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est 1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Wretched or contemptible. [Probably from obsolete and dialectal paltry, trash, perhaps from Low German paltrig, ragged, from palte, rag.] paltri·ly adv. paltri·ness n.

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Willie is sweet and fun, but no sucker: he won't do your dirty work for a paltry sum.