pretzel vs wry

pretzel

verb
  • To bend, twist, or contort. 

noun
  • Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled. 

  • A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

noun
  • Distortion. 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

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