Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	poor_a	young_a	youth_n	71	3	7.8203	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68113	The third and last part of conny-catching With the new deuised knauish arte of foole-taking. The like coosnages and villanies neuer before discouered. / By R.G.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. Notable discovery of coosenage.	1592 (1592)	STC 12283.5; ESTC S105837	24,846	46

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