crabbing vs peevish

crabbing

noun
  • A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. 

  • The act or art of catching crabs. 

  • The fighting of hawks with each other. 

peevish

adj
  • Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. 

  • Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous. 

  • Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful. 

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