Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	call_v	king_n	year_n	5,009	5	4.7728	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01873	Mr. Bushel's mineral overtures	Bushell, Thomas, 1594-1674.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6247B; ESTC R9055	5,116	8

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