dead-end vs goat

dead-end

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

goat

verb
  • To scapegoat. 

  • To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack. 

  • To allow goats to feed on. 

noun
  • A Pontiac GTO car. 

  • The meat of the aforementioned animal. 

  • A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack. 

  • A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. 

  • A scapegoat. 

  • A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep. 

  • A lecherous man. 

  • A fool, loser, or object of ridicule. 

How often have the words dead-end and goat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )