dishrag vs towel

dishrag

noun
  • A piece of cloth used for washing dishes. 

  • An unclean person; used in similes. 

towel

noun
  • A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. 

verb
  • To dry by using a towel. 

  • To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug. 

  • To hit with a towel. 

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