cuckoo vs hatstand

cuckoo

adj
  • Crazy; not sane. 

noun
  • The cuckoo clock itself. 

  • The sound of that particular bird. 

  • A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest). 

  • Someone who is crazy. 

  • Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call. 

  • The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks. 

verb
  • To make the call of a cuckoo. 

  • To repeat something incessantly. 

hatstand

adj
  • Crazy, insane. 

noun
  • A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats. 

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