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	let_v	time_n	844	5	3.4408	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54012	Pendragon, or, The carpet knight his kalendar	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1698 (1698)	Wing P1142; ESTC R2343	47,703	198

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