Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abraham_n	age_n	agreement_n	27	3	10.5849	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08698	The varietie of memorable and worthy matters. By Walter Owsolde	Owsolde, Walter.	1605 (1605)	STC 19001; ESTC S113804	16,833	30

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