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	know_v	sir_n	811	5	5.6325	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34079	The Protestant mask taken off from the Jesuited Englishman being an answer to a book entituled Great Britain's just complaint.	Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.	1692 (1692)	Wing C5484; ESTC R22733	44,472	73

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