rough-and-tumble vs threap

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 

threap

noun
  • An altercation, quarrel, argument. 

  • A superstition or freet. 

  • Stubborn insistence. 

  • An accusation or serious charge. 

verb
  • To denounce. 

  • To cozen or cheat. 

  • To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on). 

  • To cry out; complain; contend. 

  • To contradict. 

  • To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke 

  • To affirm; to express with conviction. 

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