carny vs scheming

carny

noun
  • Flattery. 

  • 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. 

  • The jargon used by carnival workers. 

verb
  • To cajole, wheedle, or coax. 

scheming

noun
  • The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans. 

adj
  • Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots. 

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