hard case vs sense of humour

hard case

noun
  • An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment. 

  • A tough person. 

sense of humour

noun
  • The quality of an individual to find certain things funny. 

How often have the words hard case and sense of humour occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )