Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	breast_n	child_n	milk_n	2,381	5	10.1992	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51053	Travels and voyages into Africa, Asia, and America, the East and West-Indies, Syria, Jerusalem, and the Holy-land performed by Mr. John Mocquet ... : divided into six books, and enriched with sculptures / translated from the French by Nathaniel Pullen, Gent.; Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales & Occidentales. English	Mocquet, Jean, b. 1575.; Pullen, Nathaniel.	1696 (1696)	Wing M2310; ESTC R787	161,053	430

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