Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	child_n	great_a	place_n	2,045	5	4.0412	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41941	The Great robbery in the west, or, The Innkeeper turned highwayman a perfect narrative how an innkeeper neer Exeter ... lately robbed the Exeter-carrier of six hundrend pounds in money and for this same were executed at the said city the 13th of this instant August, 1678 ... ; to which is added, Sad news from Gloucester-shire, being a relation how a lion at Winchcomb devoured its keeper ...		1678 (1678)	Wing G1749; ESTC R43216	2,524	8

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