merry vs rough-and-tumble

merry

adj
  • drunk; tipsy 

  • Festive and full of fun and laughter. 

  • Brisk 

  • Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight. 

  • Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. 

noun
  • An English wild cherry. 

rough-and-tumble

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

How often have the words merry and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )