Typically a surname, most famously associated with 'Hobson's choice' meaning no real choice at all.
English surname meaning 'son of Hob' (nickname for Robert). The phrase 'Hobson's choice' comes from Thomas Hobson (1544-1631), a Cambridge stable keeper who made customers take the horse nearest the door.
Thomas Hobson's business practice of rotating horses to ensure equal use created a lasting idiom about false choice, showing how one person's practical solution can become part of language forever.
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