souse vs tippler

souse

noun
  • A person suffering from alcoholism. 

  • Pickled scrapple. 

  • A pickle made with salt. 

  • The act of sousing; a plunging into water. 

  • Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig 

  • The ear; especially, a hog's ear. 

  • A heavy blow. 

  • The act of sousing, or swooping. 

  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. 

verb
  • To fall heavily. 

  • To strike, beat. 

  • To steep in brine; to pickle. 

  • To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. 

tippler

noun
  • A habitual drinker; a bibber. 

  • A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. 

  • An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry. 

  • One who works at a tipple. 

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