Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	wit_n	wonder_n	write_v	18	3	4.4801	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25277	A search after wit, or, A visitation of the authors in answer to the late Search after claret, or, Visitation of the vintners / by an under-drawer at the --'s-Head-Tavern in -- Gate-Street.	Under-drawer at the --'s-Head-Tavern in -- Gate-Street.	1691 (1691)	Wing A2991; ESTC R19151	8,014	24

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