delay vs drawing board

delay

noun
  • A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. 

  • An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. 

  • Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”) 

  • An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment. 

verb
  • To put off until a later time; to defer. 

  • To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. 

drawing board

noun
  • The planning stage of a project. 

  • A plane surface or table to which paper can be fastened for drawing purposes. 

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