Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	begin_v	good_a	great_a	785	5	2.4002	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01813	A briefe treatise touching the preservation of the eie sight consisting partly in good order of diet, and partly in vse of medicines.	Baley, Walter, 1529-1592.	1602 (1602)	STC 1195; ESTC S114835	10,883	32

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