barney vs rough-and-tumble

barney

noun
  • A minor physical fight. 

  • A student at Harvard University. 

  • A noisy argument. 

  • Synonym of blimp (“soundproof cover for a video camera”) 

  • A police officer, usually one who is inferior or overzealous. 

verb
  • To argue, to quarrel. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

How often have the words barney and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )