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
A57551	Letters between Mr. Robert Rogers, of Wakefield, and Mr. Thomas Walker, the present vicar there touching baptism.	Rogers, Robert, of Wakefield.; Walker, Thomas, fl. 1656. aut	1656 (1656)	Wing R1826A; ESTC R219734	7,229	10

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