Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	friday_n	thursday_n	wednesday_n	6,160	5	12.4937	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80467	The copy of a letter presented by a member of the Commons House of Parliament; concerning divers passages at Portsmouth. Read in the said House, the 17th day of August, 1642. 17. Aug. 1642. Ordered that the said letter shall be forthwith printed and published: H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing C6132; Thomason E112_35; ESTC R20175	2,951	8

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