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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08641	The case of Reginald Tucker, defendant at the prosecution of William Hall, Esq., counsellor at law, but in the name of His Majesty.		1695 (1695)	Wing C967A; ESTC R173545	3,036	2

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