mend vs trouser

mend

noun
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 

  • The act of repairing or recovering. 

verb
  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 

  • To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) 

  • To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; 

  • To quicken 

  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 

trouser

noun
  • Of or relating to trousers. 

  • A pair of trousers. 

verb
  • To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use. 

  • To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket. 

  • To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own); to pocket. 

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