tatter vs tucker

tatter

noun
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. 

  • A person engaged in tatting. 

verb
  • To fall into tatters. 

  • To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. 

tucker

noun
  • Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress. 

  • Food. 

  • One who or that which tucks. 

verb
  • To tire out or exhaust a person or animal. 

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