busk vs contest

busk

verb
  • To tack, cruise about. 

  • To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport. 

noun
  • A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it. 

  • A corset. 

contest

verb
  • To contend. 

  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. 

  • To call into question; to oppose. 

  • To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law. 

noun
  • Controversy; debate. 

  • Struggle for superiority; combat. 

  • A competition. 

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