Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	mile_n	river_n	4,326	4	7.0612	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75439	An answer to the objections of the citizens of York, against the bill for making navigable the rivers Aire and Calder		1698 (1698)	Wing A3428AB; ESTC R230832	1,304	1

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