Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	brother_n	father_n	son_n	2,160	5	5.0437	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68984	A murmurer	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1607 (1607)	STC 3671; ESTC S104771	22,871	102

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