Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	line_v	red_a	white_a	3,155	5	13.4806	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84961	A Full and true account of a most barbarous murther and robbery committed by John Davis on the body of Esq. Bowles's lady, at Cleaver, near Windsor ...		1699 (1699)	Wing F2293F; ESTC R42503	2,714	2

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