Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	witty_a	year_n	young_a	10	3	5.0255	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25263	The female fire-ships a satyr against whoring : in a letter to a friend, just come to town.	Ames, Richard, d. 1693.	1691 (1691)	Wing A2979; ESTC R1554	6,887	24

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