curlicue vs gimcrack

curlicue

verb
  • To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. 

noun
  • A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. 

gimcrack

verb
  • To embellish with gimcracks. 

  • To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge. 

noun
  • Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick. 

adj
  • Showy but of poor quality; worthless. 

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