blowgun vs cudgel

blowgun

noun
  • A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown. 

cudgel

noun
  • A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. 

  • Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. 

verb
  • To strike with a cudgel. 

  • To exercise (one's wits or brains). 

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