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	river_n	town_n	5,503	4	6.2089	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18553	The book of fame made by Gefferey Chaucer; House of fame	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.	1483 (1483)	STC 5087; ESTC S108768	24,106	52

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