Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	saturday_n	thursday_n	wednesday_n	5,746	5	12.7951	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18298	A iournall, and relation of the action, vvhich by his Maiesties commandement Edvvard Lord Cecyl, Baron of Putney, and Vicount of Wimbledon, Admirall, and Lieutenant Generall of his Maiestyes forces, did vndertake vpon the coast of Spaine, 1625	Wimbledon, Edward Cecil, Viscount, 1572-1638.	1626 (1626)	STC 4892; ESTC S107636	19,396	34

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