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	mother_n	womb_n	3,217	5	9.6644	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46696	Artificiall embellishments, or Arts best directions how to preserve beauty or procure it.	Jeamson, Thomas, d. 1674.	1665 (1665)	Wing J503; ESTC R17155	74,151	210

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