Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	affair_n	better_a	great_a	44	3	2.1748	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49747	Remarques on the humours and conversations of the town written in a letter to Sr. T.L.	S. L.	1673 (1673)	Wing L64; Wing R932B; ESTC R16879	29,360	164

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