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	time_n	952	5	3.2505	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16813	VVits trenchmour in a conference had betwixt a scholler and an angler. Written by Nich Breton, Gentleman.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1597 (1597)	STC 3713; ESTC S104689	30,274	46

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