hold-up vs tarrying

hold-up

noun
  • A delay or wait. 

  • A robbery at gunpoint. 

  • Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. 

  • The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later. 

  • The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant. 

tarrying

noun
  • The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind. 

How often have the words hold-up and tarrying occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )