squab vs throw pillow

squab

noun
  • A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. 

  • A baby rook. 

  • A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken. 

  • The meat of such a baby bird used as food. 

  • A person of a short, fat figure. 

adv
  • With a heavy fall; plump. 

verb
  • To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc. 

  • To furnish with squabs, or cushions. 

adj
  • Unfledged; unfeathered. 

  • Curt; abrupt. 

  • Fat; thick; plump; bulky. 

  • Shy; coy. 

  • Clumsy. 

throw pillow

noun
  • A small pillow, especially one placed on a chair or sofa rather than on a bed, used for decoration rather than comfort. 

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