lay an egg vs stooge

lay an egg

verb
  • To produce an egg. 

  • To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful. 

stooge

verb
  • To act as a straight man. 

noun
  • A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience. 

  • One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe. 

  • A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant. 

  • A straight man. 

  • A secret informant for police. 

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