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	good_a	hand_n	773	5	4.3356	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39704	The damoiselles a la mode a comedy / compos'd and written by Richard Flecknoe.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1667 (1667)	Wing F1211; ESTC R18249	39,899	142

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