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	mayor_n	name_n	5,590	4	7.9274	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51911	Reports, or, new cases with divers resolutions and judgements given upon solemn arguments, and with great deliberation, and the reasons and causes of the said resolutions and judgements / collected by John March ...	England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.; March, John, 1612-1657.; England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas.	1648 (1648)	Wing M576; ESTC R6440	178,601	242

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