chara vs charabanc

chara

noun
  • Shortened form of charabanc 

  • A green alga of the genus Chara. 

charabanc

noun
  • A derisive term for a car, bus, train or other vehicle that is poor quality, slow or overcrowded. 

  • A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof. 

verb
  • To travel or convey by charabanc. 

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