Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	work_n	worth_a	write_v	11	3	4.3521	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39655	Poems and songs by Thomas Flatman.	Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688.	1686 (1686)	Wing F1154; ESTC R2090	68,190	330

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