Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	witness_n	worthy_a	year_n	12	3	3.7947	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61244	Mathematical collections and translations ... by Thomas Salusbury, Esq.	Salusbury, Thomas.	1661 (1661)	Wing S517; ESTC R19153	646,791	680

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