bottle up vs corncob

bottle up

verb
  • To keep suppressed and hidden. 

  • To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage. 

  • To put into bottles. 

corncob

verb
  • To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat. 

  • To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis 

noun
  • The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. 

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