Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esq_n	sir_n	thomas_n	80,271	5	11.4641	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55732	The presentment of the Grand Jury of Bristol at the Sessions of the Peace &c. holden there, begun March 13, 1682	Bristol (England). Grand Jury.	1683 (1683)	Wing P3285; ESTC R182001	2,518	2

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