brown noser vs pickthank

brown noser

noun
  • One who brownnoses (flatters or humors somebody in an obsequious manner for personal gain); one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant. 

pickthank

noun
  • A sycophant, a yes-man; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour). 

adj
  • Of or relating to pickthanks. 

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