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  1. Hobsons choicenoun

    The choice of taking either the primary option or nothing.

  2. Etymology: After Thomas Hobson (1544-1631) of Cambridge, England, who rented horses and gave his customers the choice of the horse nearest the stable door or no horse at all.

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  1. hobsons choice

    A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that multiple choices are available. The most well known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it", wherein "leaving it" is strongly undesirable. The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hobsons choice in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hobsons choice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hobsons choice in a Sentence

  1. Boris Johnson:

    Take out, excise, surgically remove the backstop, OK? thats the problem, thats the lobster pot, thats the trap that keeps us locked in the customs union and means we have this terrible Hobsons choice between, as it were, sacrificing Northern Ireland orremaining subject to the E.U. without having any say in the E.U.

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