Usage History of 'mothball'

The following chart shows how frequently 'mothball' appeared in printed materials over time. For example, the word 'mothball' occurred 2 times in books in 1777 and 1,875 times in 2008. From 1777 to 2008, the word 'mothball' was used a total of 21,131 times in books scanned by Google. See Reference: Google Ngram project.

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