handful vs pandy

handful

noun
  • The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. 

  • A five-year prison sentence. 

  • Something which can only be managed with difficulty. 

  • A group or number of things; a bunch. 

  • A small number, usually approximately five. 

pandy

noun
  • Hand. 

  • A fulling mill. 

  • mashed potatoes 

  • A mutineer. 

  • A slap on the palm of the hand with a strap. 

verb
  • To distribute or publicize, especially in order to curry favor. 

  • To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment. 

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