flannel vs oilcloth

flannel

noun
  • A washcloth. 

  • Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. 

  • A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. 

  • A flannel shirt. 

adj
  • Made of flannel. 

verb
  • To flatter; to suck up to. 

  • To wrap in flannel. 

  • To waffle or prevaricate. 

  • To rub with a flannel. 

oilcloth

noun
  • A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering. 

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