blackball vs dismiss

blackball

verb
  • To ostracize. 

  • To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization. 

noun
  • A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. 

  • A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. 

  • A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball. 

  • A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball. 

  • A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work. 

dismiss

verb
  • To dispel; to rid one’s mind of. 

  • To get a batsman out. 

  • To give someone a red card; to send off. 

  • To reject; to refuse to accept. 

  • To order to leave. 

  • To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration. 

  • To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as). 

  • To discharge; to end the employment or service of. 

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