Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	alderman_n	john_n	sir_n	10,947	5	7.3657	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10258	The mystery of the two ivntos Presbyterian and independent. Or, The serpent in the bosome vnfolded.	Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.	1647 (1647)	Wing W332A; ESTC R235062	15,370	28

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