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
A66709	Poor Robins perambulation from Saffron-Walden to London performed this month of July, 1678.	Poor Robin.; Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1678 (1678)	Wing W3076; ESTC R26388	12,821	26

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