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_v	know_v	see_v	1,229	5	2.8767	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30100	Birinthea, a romance / written by J.B. gent.	Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1664 (1664)	Wing B5454; ESTC R175633	137,771	268

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