paddy vs wobbler

paddy

noun
  • A fit of temper; a tantrum. 

  • Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. 

  • A labourer's assistant or workmate. 

  • A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure. 

  • A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. 

  • A white person. 

wobbler

noun
  • A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum. 

  • A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor. 

  • A person who is undecided, and might go to either side. 

  • A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm. 

  • The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel. 

  • A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow. 

  • A boiled leg of mutton. 

  • One who or that which wobbles. 

  • A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled. 

  • A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface. 

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