navvy vs serf

navvy

noun
  • A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad. 

verb
  • To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project. 

serf

noun
  • A worker unit. 

  • A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights. 

  • A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe. 

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