coaster vs hireling

coaster

noun
  • One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort. 

  • A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country. 

  • A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist. 

  • A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area. 

  • An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner. 

  • A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted. 

  • A cow from the coastal part of Texas. 

  • A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters. 

  • A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation. 

  • A sled or toboggan. 

hireling

noun
  • An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence. 

  • Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself. 

  • A horse for hire. 

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