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	great_a	know_v	972	5	3.2394	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57087	The Restor'd maiden-head a new satyr against woman : occasion'd by an infant who was the cause of the death of my friend.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1691 (1691)	Wing R1177; ESTC R11476	7,965	24

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