Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	time_n	work_n	2,608	5	5.7529	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62314	Scarron's novels ... rendred into English, with some additions, by John Davies ...; Novels. English. Selections	Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1665 (1665)	Wing S833; ESTC R13139	194,996	360

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