Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	worst_a	write_v	young_a	12	3	5.2347	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36717	The husband his own cuckold a comedy, as it is acted at the Theater in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's servants / written by Mr. John Dryden ...	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1696 (1696)	Wing D2403; ESTC R3993	52,780	69

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