Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bid_v	favour_n	good_a	10	3	2.0868	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25900	The Art of cuckoldom, or, The intrigues of the city-wives		1697 (1697)	Wing A3790; ESTC R10574	49,098	100

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