Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	king_n	place_n	time_n	5,799	4	3.2772	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67492	The natural history of Gloucester-shire by Abel Wantner.	Wantner, Abel.	1686 (1686)	Wing W712; ESTC R28381	2,821	5

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