Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	write_a	write_v	year_n	182	4	4.5622	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18452	[Thystorye and lyf of the noble and crysten prynce Charles the grete kynge of Frauuce [sic]]	Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1485 (1485)	STC 5013; ESTC S111576	159,052	186

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