dodgy vs quicksilver

dodgy

adj

  • evasive and shifty 

  • risky 

  • dishonest 

  • uncomfortable and weird 

  • deviant 

  • unsound and unreliable 

quicksilver

adj

  • Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial. 

noun

  • The metal mercury. 

  • An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering. 

verb

  • To overlay with quicksilver. 

  • To treat with quicksilver. 

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