aver vs workhorse

aver

verb
  • To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made). 

  • To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner. 

workhorse

noun
  • Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly. 

  • A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse. 

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