Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	worthy_a	write_v	year_n	129	4	4.1482	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38807	Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider the making and several ways of ordering it.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1670 (1670)	Wing E3509; ESTC R23741	59,491	72

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