shuck vs wry

shuck

verb
  • To slither or slip, move about, wriggle. 

  • To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.). 

  • To fool; to hoax. 

  • To do hurriedly or in a restless way. 

  • To walk at a slow trot. 

  • To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk. 

  • To remove (any outer covering). 

  • To shake; shiver. 

noun
  • The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts). 

  • A fraud; a scam. 

  • A phony. 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

noun
  • Distortion. 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

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