flannel vs hedging

flannel

noun
  • Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. 

  • A washcloth. 

  • A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. 

  • A flannel shirt. 

adj
  • Made of flannel. 

verb
  • To flatter; to suck up to. 

  • To wrap in flannel. 

  • To waffle or prevaricate. 

  • To rub with a flannel. 

hedging

noun
  • The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. 

  • The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 

  • Any plant used to form a hedge. 

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