Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	black_a	cover_v	white_a	21,734	5	10.4245	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26841	The history of the court of the king of China out of French.; Histoire de la cour du roy de la Chine. English	Baudier, Michel, 1589?-1645.	1682 (1682)	Wing B1165; ESTC R13758	39,916	119

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