Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	county_n	john_n	thomas_n	4,784	5	8.7131	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36791	The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated from records, leiger-books, manuscripts, charters, evidences, tombes, and armes : beautified with maps, prospects and portraictures / by William Dugdale.	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2479; ESTC R4379	1,795,370	725

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