have a laugh vs muck about

have a laugh

verb
  • To enjoy oneself; have fun. 

  • To joke; kid around. 

  • To laugh. 

muck about

verb
  • To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to not treat the situation seriously. 

  • To do random unplanned work or spend time idly 

  • To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works. 

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