Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	penny_n	pound_n	sum_n	26,410	5	12.5513	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33494	The Coal-traders and consumers case humbly offered to the High Court of Parliament, in relation to the orphans of the city of London		1692 (1692)	Wing C4748; ESTC R9074	2,912	1

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