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	john_n	thomas_n	13,347	5	9.2892	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53035	Votes of the House of Representatives for His Majesties province of New-York in America; Proceedings. 1698-05.	New York (State). General Assembly.	1698 (1698)	Wing N835; ESTC R221211	4,460	7

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