Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	mile_n	river_n	5,484	4	7.2108	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03136	A true and briefe relation of the famous seige of Breda beseiged, and taken in vnder the able and victorious conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange, captaine generall of the States armie, and admirall of the seas, &c. Composed by Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the honorable Coronell Goring.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573. Baronnie van Breda.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.	1637 (1637)	STC 13265; ESTC S104008	46,456	76

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