tyke vs yellow dog

tyke

noun
  • A mongrel dog. 

  • A Roman Catholic 

  • An initiation level of sports competition for young children 

  • A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one 

  • A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman 

yellow dog

noun
  • A Carolina dog. 

  • An item or person of low value. 

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

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