chamois vs handkerchief

chamois

noun
  • An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather. 

  • A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 

  • A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle. 

  • The traditional colour of chamois leather. 

verb
  • To clean with a chamois leather cloth. 

adj
  • Chamois-colored. 

handkerchief

noun
  • A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. 

  • A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. 

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