at ease vs jerky

at ease

prep
  • Allowed to refrain from being in rigid formation. 

  • Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense. 

  • In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention. 

jerky

verb
  • To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky. 

noun
  • Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun. 

adj
  • Characterized by physical jerking. 

  • Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person). 

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