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	river_n	run_v	9,063	5	8.1560	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06790	Saint George for England, allegorically described: by Gerrard De Malynes merchant	Malynes, Gerard, fl. 1586-1641.	1601 (1601)	STC 17226A; ESTC S111940	26,194	100

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