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	time_n	862	5	3.3088	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31733	A Character of France to which is added, Gallus Castratus, or, An answer to a late slanderous pamphlet, called, The character of England.		1659 (1659)	Wing C2016; ESTC R21735	15,816	98

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