Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	write_v	young_a	youth_n	132	3	8.2049	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70789	The satyr of Titus Petronius Arbiter, a Roman knight. With its fragments, recover'd at Belgrade. Made English by Mr. Burnaby of the Middle-Temple, and another hand; Satyricon. English	Petronius Arbiter.; Burnaby, William, 1672 or 3-1706.	1694 (1694)	Wing P1881aA; ESTC R214727	116,639	298

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