have a laugh vs joke around

have a laugh

verb
  • To joke; kid around. 

  • To enjoy oneself; have fun. 

  • To laugh. 

joke around

verb
  • To kid, prank, joke. 

  • To say something that is not meant to be taken seriously. 

  • (procrastinate, fool around, behave immaturely): bowdlerization of fuck around 

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