clout vs homer

clout

noun
  • A home run. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A blow with the hand. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

homer

noun
  • A home run 

  • A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. 

  • A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels. 

  • Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure. 

  • A homing pigeon. 

  • A homing beacon. 

verb
  • To hit a homer; to hit a home run. 

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