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	worth_n	write_v	29	3	4.5191	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15503	The commendation of cockes, and cock-fighting VVherein is shewed, that cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ.	Wilson, George, fl. 1607.	1607 (1607)	STC 25768; ESTC S111808	15,587	32

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