Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bind_v	good_a	work_n	1,025	5	5.9292	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59973	A familiar discourse or dialogue concerning the Mine-Adventure	Shiers, William.; Corporation of the Mine Adventurers of England. Second abstract of the state of the mines of Bwlehyr-Eskir-Hyr.	1700 (1700)	Wing S3458; ESTC R10992	76,138	191

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