Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	county_n	esq_n	thomas_n	14,469	5	10.2995	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64051	Two presentments of the grand jury in Bristol at the general quarter-sessions of the peace, holden there in October, 1681.	England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Bristol). Grand Jury.	1681 (1681)	Wing T3529; ESTC R29039	6,107	8

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