Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	best_a	good_a	know_v	1,366	5	3.3852	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12182	Epigrames Serued out in 52. seuerall dishes for euery man to tast without surfeting. By I.C. Gent.	Cooke, Jo., fl. 1614.; Can, John, fl. 1604, attributed name.	1604 (1604)	STC 5672; ESTC S118401	7,126	57

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