Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	time_n	week_n	year_n	14,171	5	5.5403	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77168	To the most powerful in authority, to unloose the bonds of cruelty and oppression of an aged industrious person without work or friends.	Boyce, Thomas.	1697 (1697)	Wing B3902A; ESTC R170735	1,711	1

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