knee-slapper vs playful

knee-slapper

playful

adj
  • fun, recreational, not serious. 

  • funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. 

  • experimental. 

  • liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. 

How often have the words knee-slapper and playful occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )