homely vs plug-ugly

homely

adj
  • Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. 

  • Personal; private. 

  • Domestic; tame. 

  • On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate. 

  • Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cozy. 

  • Conservative and family-oriented. 

  • Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial. 

plug-ugly

adj
  • Very ugly. 

noun
  • An ugly person. 

  • A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865. 

How often have the words homely and plug-ugly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )