beehive vs curlicue

beehive

verb
  • To style ones hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form. 

  • To fill (a place) with busy activity. 

noun
  • An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young. 

  • A particular style of hat. 

  • Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy. 

  • A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey. 

  • A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air. 

  • In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance. 

  • A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer. 

curlicue

verb
  • To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. 

noun
  • A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. 

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