Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	citizen_n	london_n	name_n	9,233	5	8.1970	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32756	Proposals for printing a book entituled, The history and antiquities of Hertfordshire. Written by Sir Henry Chauncy, Kt, Serjeant at law. Containing, ...	Chauncy, Henry, Sir, 1632-1719.	1700 (1700)	Wing C3742; ESTC R213936	7,544	4

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