Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	mayor_n	say_a	successor_n	5,856	4	10.5945	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28463	Fragmenta antiquitatis, antient tenures of land, and jocular customs of some mannors made publick for the diversion of some, and instruction of others / by T.B. of the Inner-Temple, Esquire.	Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing B3333; ESTC R2884	79,276	200

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