drawing board vs rebuff

drawing board

noun
  • The planning stage of a project. 

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

rebuff

verb
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. 

  • To buff again. 

noun
  • Repercussion, or beating back. 

  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. 

  • A sudden resistance or refusal. 

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