abecedarian vs caucus race

abecedarian

noun
  • A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order. 

  • Someone who is learning the alphabet. 

  • An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets. 

  • Relating to or resembling an abecedarius. 

  • Arranged in an alphabetical manner. 

caucus race

noun
  • A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything. 

  • The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus. 

  • A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected. 

  • A win-win system; a positive system in which everybody wins. 

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