Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	bread_n	break_v	cup_n	9,523	5	9.5300	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63532	The true interest of the legal English Protestants, stated in a letter to a present member of the House of Commons concerning the test		1687 (1687)	Wing T2714A; ESTC R219806	3,708	4

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