regshoe

Huh, that is a pitfall! I have just discovered (from sanguinity's post on resources for period language) that Ngrams actually does let you see examples, so that'll be useful in future.

(Aww, your icon! That was well timed—I've just been reading John Halifax, Gentleman, whose narrator repeatedly compares himself and his best friend to David and Jonathan, including calling the BFF David as a nickname...)