scrounge vs toadeater

scrounge

noun
  • Someone who scrounges; a scrounger. 

verb
  • To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean. 

  • To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another. 

toadeater

noun
  • A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant or flatterer. 

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