Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	adam_n	eat_v	tree_n	1,488	5	8.1174	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18548	wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid þe rote ...; Canterbury tales	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.	1477 (1480)	STC 5082; ESTC S109814	359,114	746

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