Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	body_n	head_n	member_n	5,319	5	8.1605	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35554	Amoret, or, Policy defeated, in a satyrical dialogue between Mopsus and Damon	L. C.	1682 (1682)	Wing C80; ESTC R7580	5,062	17

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