Hobson's choice

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• hobson's choice

  That or none; from old Hobson, a famous carrier of Cambridge, who used to let horses to the students...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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.

• Choice

  ·noun A sufficient number to choose among. II. Choice ·noun The best part; that which is preferable...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• choice spirit

  A thoughtless, laughing, singing, drunken fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose