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	tuesday_n	wednesday_n	5,753	5	12.7972	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06901	Fiue decades of epistles of vvarre. By Francis Markham	Markham, Francis, 1565-1627.	1622 (1622)	STC 17332; ESTC S114265	181,052	212

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