carny vs imaginative

carny

noun
  • A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). 

  • A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). (Australia) 

  • A carnival. 

  • Flattery. 

  • The jargon used by carnival workers. 

verb
  • To cajole, wheedle, or coax. 

imaginative

adj
  • Having a lively or creative imagination. 

  • Tending to be fanciful or inventive. 

  • False or imagined. 

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