deckhand vs peon

deckhand

noun
  • A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour. 

  • A stagehand. 

verb
  • To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew. 

peon

noun
  • A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. 

  • A person of low rank or importance. 

  • A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman. 

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