Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	league_n	north_n	south_n	8,995	5	11.3936	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28392	A Description of the island of Jamaica with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related ... : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places : illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.	Blome, Richard, d. 1705.; Lynch, Thomas, Sir, d. 1684?	1672 (1672)	Wing B3208; ESTC R7437	42,330	208

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