Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	find_v	good_a	time_n	1,489	5	3.3834	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02440	VVork for chimny-sweepers: or A warning for tabacconists Describing the pernicious vse of tabacco, no lesse pleasant then profitable for all sorts to reade.	Philaretes, fl. 1602.; Hind, John, fl. 1596-1606.; I. H., fl. 1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 12571; ESTC S103588	23,701	50

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