rough-and-tumble vs shellac

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 

shellac

noun
  • A beating; a thrashing. 

  • A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. 

verb
  • To coat with shellac. 

  • To inflict a heavy defeat upon. 

  • To beat; to thrash. 

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