Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	london_n	mayor_n	name_n	9,578	5	7.9009	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50286	The Matters of fact in the present election of sheriffs, for the year ensuing, faithfully reported and the micarriages of my lord mayor and some other persons in this matter, briefly declared.		1682 (1682)	Wing M1304; ESTC R10733	6,990	4

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