Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	work_n	work_v	workmanship_n	21	3	12.0966	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62705	To his Highness the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. The humble petition of the proprietors, commoners and mineral bounders of the deserted and drowned mines within the counties of Cornwal and Devon	Bakehouse, Jo. aut; Bakehouse, Tho. aut; Doxie, Jo. aut	1659 (1659)	Wing T1370A; ESTC R9055	6,111	12

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