Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	call_v	great_a	name_n	1,466	5	4.8100	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55482	The siege of Babylon as it is acted at the Dukes Theatre / written by Samuel Pordage of Lincolns-Inn, Esq. ...	Pordage, Samuel, 1633-1691?	1678 (1678)	Wing P2977; ESTC R17800	42,627	76

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