Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	fit_a	meat_n	oyster_n	16	3	16.0596	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34159	The Complaisant companion, or, New jests, witty reparties, bulls, rhodomontado's, and pleasant novels		1674 (1674)	Wing C5627; ESTC R20756	109,488	244

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