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	mayor_n	time_n	4,380	4	4.2495	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04141	Chiverton Mayor. Tuesday the eighth day of December 1657. An order of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, against concealing and colouring the goods of aliens and foreyners.	City of London (England). Lord Mayor.; Chiverton, Richard.; City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.	1657 (1657)	Wing L2864GA; ESTC R173836	1,153	1

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