above-board vs damned

above-board

adv
  • Honestly; openly. 

adj
  • In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. 

damned

adv
  • Very. 

adj
  • Godforsaken. 

  • Used to express vehemently that one is not or does not do something, or refuses to be or do something. 

How often have the words above-board and damned occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )