Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	believe_v	sir_n	think_v	808	5	4.2696	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34157	The Complaint of the poor being deprived of their former way of living, by the uncharitable, lately made against begging : the first cry.		1700 (1700)	Wing C5617; ESTC R20730	9,145	30

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