Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	answer_v	young_a	youth_n	17	3	8.2440	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49558	Evagoras a romance / by L.L., Gent.	L. L., Gent.	1677 (1677)	Wing L40; ESTC R8384	99,918	198

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