Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	green_a	sing_v	willow_n	792	4	17.7188	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13841	Laugh and lie dovvne: or, The worldes folly	Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626.	1605 (1605)	STC 24148.7; ESTC S111332	21,320	44

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