gammon vs shuck

gammon

verb
  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

noun
  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

shuck

verb
  • To slither or slip, move about, wriggle. 

  • To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.). 

  • To fool; to hoax. 

  • To do hurriedly or in a restless way. 

  • To walk at a slow trot. 

  • To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk. 

  • To remove (any outer covering). 

  • To shake; shiver. 

noun
  • The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts). 

  • A fraud; a scam. 

  • A phony. 

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