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	lord_n	mayor_n	5,732	4	9.6939	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20072	Nevves from hell brought by the Diuells carrier. Tho: Dekker.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.	1606 (1606)	STC 6514; ESTC S105254	31,406	64

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