big gun vs long Tom

big gun

noun
  • A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship). 

  • A person, group, thing, or course of action that is powerful, influential, or particularly effective. 

long Tom

noun
  • Any of various early cannon and field guns. 

  • A high-powered lens for long-distance filming or photography. 

How often have the words big gun and long Tom occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )