Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	body_n	death_n	life_n	2,600	5	4.5978	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50419	To His Royall Highnesse, the Duke of Yorke on our late sea-fight.	Mayne, Jasper, 1604-1672.	1665 (1665)	Wing M1479; ESTC R17842	2,789	10

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