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	think_v	827	5	3.7466	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20832	The owle by Michaell Drayton ...	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1604 (1604)	STC 7213; ESTC S1539	20,271	58

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