joker vs lay figure

joker

noun
  • An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person. 

  • A funny person. 

  • A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise. 

  • A jester. 

  • A person who makes jokes. 

  • A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions. 

  • A man. 

  • A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games. 

lay figure

noun
  • An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) lacking individuality. 

  • A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes. 

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