son of a gun vs welp

son of a gun

intj
  • Used to express anger, contempt, disgust, astonishment, disappointment, etc. 

noun
  • son of a bitch 

  • Used encouragingly or to compliment 

welp

intj
  • Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising. 

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