gilt-edged vs smashing

gilt-edged

adj
  • Of the highest quality. 

  • Having gilded edges. 

  • Issued by the Bank of England. 

smashing

adj
  • Wonderful, very good or impressive. 

  • Serving to smash (something). 

noun
  • Gerund: The action of the verb to smash. 

How often have the words gilt-edged and smashing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )