docket vs sympathy card

docket

noun
  • A receipt. 

  • An agenda of things to be done. 

  • A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register. 

  • A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court. 

  • A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use. 

verb
  • To label a parcel, etc. 

  • To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book. 

  • To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. 

  • To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize. 

sympathy card

noun
  • A greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regret. 

  • An attempt to score points in a discussion by portraying oneself as a victim in need of sympathy (used with the verb "play"). 

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