attendant vs bird dog

attendant

noun
  • That which accompanies or follows. 

  • One who attends; one who works with or watches over something. 

  • A servant or valet. 

  • One who owes a duty or service to another. 

adj
  • Depending on, or owing duty or service to. 

  • Going with; associated; concomitant. 

bird dog

noun
  • A tout. 

  • A dog, especially a pointer, used in shooting to retrieve the dead birds. 

  • A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee. 

  • A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner 

  • A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps). 

  • A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted. 

verb
  • A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors. 

  • To seek out. 

  • To watch closely. 

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