dowdy vs down-atheel

dowdy

noun
  • A plain or shabby person. 

adj
  • Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. 

  • Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. 

verb
  • To press the crust into the filling during baking, to allow the juices to caramelize on top. 

down-atheel

How often have the words dowdy and down-atheel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )