Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	letter_n	page_n	6,358	5	12.4573	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36600	The assignation, or, Love in a nunnery as it is acted, at the Theatre-Royal / written by John Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1673 (1673)	Wing D2241; ESTC R19769	52,084	89

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