fistfight vs fisticuff

fistfight

verb

  • To fight using bare fists. 

noun

  • A fight using bare fists. 

fisticuff

verb

  • To engage in a physical fight. 

noun

  • A fistfight. 

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