plod vs the man

plod

noun
  • a police officer, especially a low-ranking one. 

  • A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity. 

  • the police, police officers 

verb
  • To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over). 

  • To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. 

  • To trudge over or through. 

the man

noun
  • An oppressive or domineering person of authority, usually male. 

  • The best man for a job; someone with exceptional skills. 

  • The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one’s control. 

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