consolation prize vs old maid

consolation prize

noun
  • An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show. 

old maid

noun
  • The unmatchable card in that game. 

  • An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. 

  • The Madagascar periwinkle. 

  • An old woman who has never married; a spinster. 

  • A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid". 

  • The common zinnia. 

How often have the words consolation prize and old maid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )