heave-ho vs knockback

heave-ho

noun
  • A rejection; a forced removal. 

  • A cry of heave-ho. 

verb
  • To pull forcefully. 

intj
  • An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope. 

knockback

noun
  • A rejection; a refusal. 

  • A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. 

  • Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. 

How often have the words heave-ho and knockback occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )