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	great_a	know_v	1,148	5	3.3388	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26240	An account of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dutchess of York, their arrival and reception in Scotland, the 26. of Octob. 1680 In a letter from a gentleman of their Highnesses retinue, to a friend in London.		1680 (1680)	Wing A424C; ESTC R213108	1,150	1

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