seek in marriage vs spoon

seek in marriage

spoon

verb
  • To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. 

  • To fish with a concave spoon bait. 

  • To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait. 

  • To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons. 

  • To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon. 

noun
  • A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon. 

  • An oar. 

  • An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. 

  • A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger. 

  • A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful. 

  • An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. 

  • A spoon excavator. 

  • A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability. 

How often have the words seek in marriage and spoon occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )