cinch vs handclasp

cinch

noun
  • A firm hold. 

  • Something that is very easy to do. 

  • A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game. 

  • A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. 

  • Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing. 

verb
  • To tighten down. 

  • To bring to certain conclusion. 

  • In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five. 

handclasp

noun
  • A handshake. 

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