lemon vs no-hoper

lemon

noun
  • A defective or inadequate item or individual. 

  • A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. 

  • A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. 

  • A yellowish citrus fruit. 

  • Favor. 

  • A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. 

verb
  • To flavour with lemon. 

adj
  • Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons. 

  • Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons. 

  • Smart; cheeky, vocal. 

no-hoper

noun
  • Someone or something that has no hope of success. 

How often have the words lemon and no-hoper occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )