Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	father_n	son_n	862	5	4.7880	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29615	The Broken merchants complaint, represented in a dialogue between a scrivener and a banker on the Royal-Exchange of London		1683 (1683)	Wing B4843; ESTC R12211	8,999	18

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