sideline vs trouser

sideline

noun
  • The outside or perimeter of any activity. 

  • A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side. 

  • Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item. 

  • Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline. 

  • A line at the side of something. 

  • A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball. 

  • A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road. 

verb
  • To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus. 

  • To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play. 

trouser

noun
  • Of or relating to trousers. 

  • A pair of trousers. 

verb
  • To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use. 

  • To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket. 

  • To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own); to pocket. 

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