Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	john_n	sir_n	thomas_n	10,842	5	10.5020	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87751	To the Honourable the House of Commons the humble petition of Colonell Edward King of the County of Lincoln Esquire.	King, Edward, of Marton, Lincolnshire.	1646 (1646)	Wing K493; Thomason 669.f.10[56]; ESTC R210467	3,162	1

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