black as the ace of spades vs dusty

black as the ace of spades

adj
  • Utterly black; pitch-black. 

dusty

adj
  • Grey in parts. 

  • Covered with dust. 

  • Powdery and resembling dust. 

  • Old; outdated; stuffily traditional. 

  • Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse) 

  • ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad (generally used in the negative) 

How often have the words black as the ace of spades and dusty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )