carline vs granny

carline

noun
  • A woman; a hag or witch. 

  • A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location. 

  • Carline thistle. 

  • A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking. 

granny

noun
  • A grandmother. 

  • A grand final. 

  • A granny knot. 

  • An elderly woman. 

  • An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother. 

adj
  • typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women. 

verb
  • To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss. 

  • To be a grandmother. 

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