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	time_n	1,379	5	3.2832	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39707	Rich. Flecknoe's ænigmatical characters being rather a new work, than new impression of the old.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1665 (1665)	Wing F1214; ESTC R2089	40,252	122

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