Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	church_n	earth_n	whole_a	3,176	5	6.1458	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67504	A frolick to Horn-fair with a walk from Cuckold's-point thro' Deptford and Greenwich.	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing W735; ESTC R854	19,942	16

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