rough-and-tumble vs vexation

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 

vexation

noun
  • The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating. 

  • The state of being vexed or irritated. 

  • Something that vexes or irritates. 

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