pickpocket vs shicer

pickpocket

noun
  • One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand. 

verb
  • To pick pockets; to steal. 

shicer

noun
  • A worthless thing or person, especially a swindler. 

  • An unproductive claim or mine; a duffer. 

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