Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	say_a	time_n	warden_n	5,154	5	13.4278	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94626	To the right honorable, the knights, citizens, and burgesses, now assembled in the High Court of Parliament. The petition of the masters and workmen printers of London.		1642 (1642)	Wing T1650A; Thomason 669.f.4[79]; ESTC R210307	1,652	1

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