Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	word_n	work_n	world_n	186	4	4.0157	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30481	An answer to the late exceptions made by Mr. Erasmus Warren against The theory of the earth	Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.	1690 (1690)	Wing B5942; ESTC R31281	68,479	88

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