calico vs yard goods

calico

noun
  • A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. 

  • The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus. 

adj
  • Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated. 

yard goods

noun
  • Merchandise, especially fabric, sold in units of linear measure. 

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