cur vs yellow dog

cur

noun
  • A contemptible or inferior dog. 

  • A detestable person. 

yellow dog

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, dog. 

  • An item or person of low value. 

  • A Carolina dog. 

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