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	know_v	see_v	1,681	5	2.8683	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64943	The gentleman apothecary being a late and true story, turned out of French: with several letters.; Apoticaire dévalisé, comédie burlesque. English	Villiers, Claude Deschamps, sieur de, 1600?-1681.	1670 (1670)	Wing V390A; ESTC R222553	17,579	59

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