Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	die_v	father_n	year_n	13,732	5	4.9028	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40698	The Cheaters speculum, or, The new English rogue being an account of the many notorious cheats and villainous actions of William Fuller the impostor, from the time of his birth to his advancement to the pillory, and the late famous settlement in Bridewel, with the prodigious steps that he made in that wonderful expedition, and his present behaviour in that colledge : to which is added a living elegy on his deadly misfortunes.		1700 (1700)	Wing F2481; ESTC R40982	6,367	10

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