flannel vs oilskin

flannel

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

  • A washcloth. 

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

  • A flannel shirt. 

verb
  • To flatter; to suck up to. 

  • To wrap in flannel. 

  • To waffle or prevaricate. 

  • To rub with a flannel. 

adj
  • Made of flannel. 

oilskin

noun
  • Cloth made from cotton and treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. 

  • A raincoat made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. 

  • Foul-weather gear worn by sailors, whether of natural or synthetic materials. 

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