Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	army_n	enemy_n	great_a	1,068	5	2.8750	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75906	The adventures of Covent-Garden in imitation of Scarron's City romance.	Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.	1699 (1699)	Wing A604; ESTC R204315	17,976	71

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