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	write_v	151	4	4.7584	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14193	What creature is in health, eyther yong or olde; Ralph Roister Doister	Udall, Nicholas, 1505-1556.	1566 (1566)	STC 24508; ESTC S102483	44,763	68

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