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
A62531	The tickler tickled, or, The observator upon the late tryals of Sir George Wakeman, &c. observed by Margery Mason, spinster.	Mason, Margery.	1679 (1679)	Wing T1159; ESTC R17914	7,059	12

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