rough-and-tumble vs weary

rough-and-tumble

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

  • highly competitive 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

weary

adj
  • Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. 

  • Expressive of fatigue. 

  • Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick. 

  • Causing weariness; tiresome. 

verb
  • To make or to become weary. 

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