Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	love_v	young_a	youth_n	52	3	7.5161	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27297	The history of the nun, or, The fair vow-breaker written by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1737; ESTC R20753	46,192	162

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