Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	knight_n	sir_n	william_n	17,607	5	9.3269	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08841	[Chaucer newly painted] [by William Painter].	Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1623 (1623)	STC 19125.5; ESTC S467	18,575	60

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