Selected quad for the lemma: money_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
money_n	pay_v	penny_n	shilling_n	2,152	5	10.4042	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66694	Four for a penny, or, Poor Robin's character of an unconscionable pawn-broker, and ear-mark of an oppressing tally-man with a friendly description of a bum-baily, and his merciless setting-cur, or follower.	Poor Robin.; Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1678 (1678)	Wing W3060; ESTC R11716	2,988	9

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