Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25731	Apprentices no slaves An answer to a namelesse pamphlet lately published as an Act, declaring what habit apprentices are to wear. With an additional order forbidding their wearing of points, ribbons, and other trimmings whatsoever.		1662 (1662)	Wing A3585A; ESTC R214866	2,938	10

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