Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	age_n	young_a	youth_n	136	4	8.7368	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52296	An essay on the contempt of the world by William Nicholls ...	Nicholls, William, 1664-1712.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1097; ESTC R11634	100,218	240

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