Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	drink_v	eat_v	john_n	9,109	5	6.6439	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37354	The Declaration of Colonel Rich's regiment, with the engagement they have entered into also Major Braman's letter to Lieutenant Colonel Lagoe upon their going into Portsmouth : to which is added another letter sent from Major Braman to a friend of his in London.	Braman, John.; Rich, Nathaniel, d. 1701.	1659 (1659)	Wing D605; ESTC R8678	4,419	8

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