like a rat up a drainpipe vs quicksome

like a rat up a drainpipe

prep

  • Very rapidly. 

quicksome

adv

  • In a quick or quicksome manner; quickly 

adj

  • Marked by quickness; swift; nimble 

How often have the words like a rat up a drainpipe and quicksome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )