reply vs wringer

reply

verb
  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

noun
  • Something given in reply. 

  • A counterattack. 

  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

wringer

noun
  • One who wrings. 

  • A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. 

  • Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal. 

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