matey vs prickly

matey

adj
  • Sociable or friendly. 

noun
  • A dockyard worker. 

  • A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. 

prickly

adj
  • Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. 

  • Covered with sharp points. 

  • Easily irritated. 

noun
  • Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object. 

adv
  • In a prickly manner. 

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