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Who is Hobson from the idiom Hobson's choice?

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Thomas Hobson. He was a stable owner who would hire out horses. Customers thought that they were free to choose any horse but in reality Hobson fixed it so they got the horse he decided.

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Use 'hobsons choice ' in a sentence?

Despite all the talk about democracy in my family, my father usually gives the rest of us Hobson's choice.

What is the origin of Hobson's choice?

It is a novel set in Victorian England. 'Hobsons choice' is a choice of 1 option, no choice at all in fact. Oh, and having looked it up I am about 300 years late, it dates from Tudor times..... Hobson was a livery stables proprietor, you had the choice of what he offered or nothing.

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