Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	business_n	good_a	sir_n	857	5	5.7520	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08181	The beggers ape	Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616.	1627 (1627)	STC 18516; ESTC S110154	20,603	42

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