ladle vs putty knife

ladle

noun
  • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. 

  • The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. 

  • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. 

  • A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. 

  • An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. 

verb
  • To pour or serve something with a ladle. 

putty knife

noun
  • A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions. 

  • A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks. 

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