Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	woman_n	wrong_v	young_a	21	3	5.8450	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36979	A fool's preferment, or, The Dukes of Dunstable a comedy, as it was acted at the Queens Theatre in Dorset-Garden, by Their Majesties servants / written by Mr. Durfey ; together with all the songs and notes to 'em, excellently compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell, 1688.	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.; Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fool's preferment.; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Noble gentleman.	1688 (1688)	Wing D2729; ESTC R3116	55,221	108

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