Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	manor_n	service_n	tenement_n	1,621	5	10.4799	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17958	The survey of Cornvvall. Written by Richard Carew of Antonie, Esquire	Carew, Richard, 1555-1620.	1602 (1602)	STC 4615; ESTC S107479	166,204	339

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