Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	daughter_n	lady_n	marry_v	25,536	5	10.1831	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49312	The Low-country soldier turned burgomaster		1685 (1685)	Wing L3297_VARIANT-B; ESTC R40018	3,120	1

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