Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	rank_n	right_a	right_n	11,011	5	9.3549	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47893	The art how to know men originally written by the sieur de La Chambre ... ; rendred into English by John Davies ...; Art de connoistre les hommes. English	La Chambre, Marin Cureau de, 1594-1669.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1665 (1665)	Wing L128; ESTC R5716	184,277	440

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