Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	worth_a	year_n	young_a	43	3	5.7969	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00358	A treatise perswadynge a man patientlye to suffre the deth of his frende; De morte declamatio. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1531 (1531)	STC 10476.3; ESTC S2113	11,664	42

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