hotfoot vs lark

hotfoot

noun
  • The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

lark

noun
  • A prank. 

  • Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark. 

  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks. 

  • A romp, frolic, some fun. 

  • Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. 

verb
  • To catch larks (type of bird). 

  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking. 

  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure. 

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