lay figure vs lowdown

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. 

lowdown

noun
  • A lowlife, a despicable person. 

  • inside information, the story or truth. 

adj
  • Unfair; shameful. 

  • down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men. 

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