lame vs lame duck

lame

noun
  • A stupid or undesirable person. 

  • A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor. 

  • A set of joined overlapping metal plates. 

  • Kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking. 

adj
  • Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function. 

  • Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. 

  • Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. 

  • Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant. 

  • Unconvincing or unbelievable. 

verb
  • To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. 

lame duck

noun
  • A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled. 

  • An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. 

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