Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	brother_n	daughter_n	sister_n	24,794	5	10.8865	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16924	The northern lasse a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good applause, at the Globe, and Black-Fryers. By his Maiesties Servants. VVritten by Richard Brome.	Brome, Richard, d. 1652?	1632 (1632)	STC 3819; ESTC S106713	60,551	96

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