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Hobson's choice; hobsons
noun- the only option that is offered and, therefore, no choice at all UK, 1649
Widely claimed, since 1712, to derive from Tobias Hobson, who hired out horses, and is reputed to have compelled his customers to take whichever horse happened to be next in line, or go without; however, “Hodgson’s choise” is recorded in 1617. - Whose interests come first: their club or the game at large? That has given them Hobson’s Choice. — The Observer, 3 November 2002
- the voice UK, 1937
Rhyming slang. - Her hobsons, low and husky / Made my newingtons go numb. — Ronnie Barker, Fletcher’s Book of Rhyming Slang, p. 21, 1979
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