Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	borough_n	john_n	sir_n	48,383	5	9.2703	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31151	The Case of the election for the city of Bristol		1680 (1680)	Wing C1067A; ESTC R35918	2,415	1

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