tough cookie vs toughie

tough cookie

noun
  • A person who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person. 

  • A hardy, resilient animal or plant. 

  • Something troublesome or difficult to handle. 

toughie

noun
  • Someone or something that is strong and resilient. 

  • Something that is tough, or difficult. 

  • A tough; Someone or something that acts as a thug or bully. 

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