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	london_n	sir_n	5,348	4	6.2820	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35878	A Dialogue between Francisco and Aurelia, two unfortunate orphans of the city of London, Guild-Hall, November 3, 1690		1690 (1690)	Wing D1311; ESTC R5360	5,561	9

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