puss vs tabby

puss

noun
  • A cat. 

  • The face. 

  • A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themself. 

  • The vulva (female genitalia). 

  • Sex with a woman. 

  • The mouth. 

tabby

noun
  • A brindled cat. 

  • A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. 

  • A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. 

adj
  • Having a wavy or watered appearance. 

  • Brindled; diversified in color. 

verb
  • To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile). 

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