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hobson's choice
An expression often used, denoting that kind of choice in which there is no alternative. The caprice...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
That or none; from old Hobson, a famous carrier of Cambridge, who used to let horses to the students; but never permitted them to chuse, always allotting each man the horse he thought properest for his manner of riding and treatment.
An expression often used, denoting that kind of choice in which there is no alternative. The caprice...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.