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	great_a	king_n	1,878	5	3.7398	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35890	A Dialogue between Sophronius and Philobelgus the second part.		1692 (1692)	Wing D1325; ESTC R6338	14,364	12

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