bent as a nine-bob note vs curious

bent as a nine-bob note

adj
  • Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded. 

  • Ostentatiously homosexual. 

curious

adj
  • Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. 

  • Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. 

  • Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. 

  • Caused by curiosity. 

How often have the words bent as a nine-bob note and curious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )