Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bear_v	good_a	great_a	1,447	5	2.3997	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58914	A seasonable answer to a late pamphlet entituled, The vindication of Slingsby Bethel, Esq. one of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex / by one who is a citizen of London and an inhabitant of the borough of Southwark.	Citizen of London and an inhabitant of the borough of Southwark.	1681 (1681)	Wing S2217A; ESTC R33731	9,381	10

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