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	write_v	young_a	102	4	5.8821	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36680	The second part of Absalom and Achitophel a poem.	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1682 (1682)	Wing D2350; ESTC R73	17,610	36

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