curry vs vamper

curry

verb
  • To beat, thrash; to drub. 

  • To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering. 

  • To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring. 

  • To perform currying upon. 

  • To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb. 

  • To cook or season with curry powder. 

noun
  • One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce. 

  • A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder. 

  • Curry powder. 

vamper

verb
  • To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. 

noun
  • One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler. 

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