rough-and-tumble vs tiff

rough-and-tumble

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

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

tiff

noun
  • A small argument; a petty quarrel. 

  • Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. 

verb
  • To have lunch. 

  • To quarrel. 

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