Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	bare_a	bull_n	domitian_n	36	3	16.1132	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07090	Selected epigrams of Martial. Englished by Thomas May Esquire; Epigrammata. English. Selections	Martial.; May, Thomas, 1595-1650.	1629 (1629)	STC 17494; ESTC S112307	21,625	104

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