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	time_n	town_n	4,011	4	6.1166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68044	Cornu-copiæ, Pasquils night-cap: or, Antidot for the head-ache	Fennor, William.; Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?, attributed name.	1612 (1612)	STC 10782.5; ESTC S104717	62,177	134

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