dilly vs hard case

dilly

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

hard case

noun
  • An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment. 

  • A tough person. 

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