punch drunk vs skittish

punch drunk

adj
  • Behaving in a bewildered, or dazed manner. 

  • Dizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head. 

skittish

adj
  • Easily scared or startled; timid. 

  • Wanton; changeable; fickle. 

  • Difficult to manage; tricky. 

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