cuff vs lam

cuff

verb
  • To fight; to scuffle; to box. 

  • To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. 

  • To buffet. 

  • To furnish with cuffs. 

  • To handcuff. 

noun
  • The scruff of the neck. 

  • handcuffs 

  • the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist 

  • A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap. 

  • the end of a pants leg, folded up 

lam

verb
  • To beat or thrash. 

noun
  • flight, escape 

  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m). 

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