hold the purse strings vs husband

hold the purse strings

verb
  • To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility. 

husband

verb
  • To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise. 

  • To conserve. 

  • To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own. 

  • To provide with a husband. 

noun
  • The male of a pair of animals. 

  • A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position. 

  • A prudent or frugal manager. 

  • The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder. 

  • A tiller of the ground; a husbandman. 

  • A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist. 

  • A polled tree; a pollard. 

  • A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse. 

How often have the words hold the purse strings and husband occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )