dry cleaner vs valet

dry cleaner

noun
  • A business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics. 

  • A person whose business is the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics. 

valet

noun
  • A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing. 

  • A kind of goad or stick with an iron point. 

  • A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience. 

  • A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse. 

  • A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him. 

  • A hotel employee performing such duties for guests. 

  • A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance. 

  • A person employed to clean or park cars. 

verb
  • To leave (a car) with a valet to park it. 

  • To serve (someone) as a valet. 

  • To clean and service (a car), as a valet does. 

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