Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	carry_v	left_a	right_a	5,159	5	6.7392	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36346	A sermon preached in Christ's-Church, Dublin, November 18, 1693 at the funeral of His Grace Francis Lord Archbishop of Dublin / by the Reverend Father in God Anthony, Lord Bishop of Meath.	Dopping, Anthony, 1643-1697.	1694 (1694)	Wing D1913; ESTC R171817	11,211	22

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