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	year_n	young_a	106	4	5.6425	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51436	Religious meditations on Ecclesiastes, Chap. 12. vers. 13, 14	Mosse, John.	1699 (1699)	Wing M2857A; ESTC R221919	20,870	69

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