Hobson's Choice Definition

hŏbsənz
noun
A choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all; lack of an alternative.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hobson's Choice

Noun

Singular:
Hobson's choice
Plural:
hobson-s-choices

Origin of Hobson's Choice

  • After Thomas Hobson (1544?–1630), English keeper of a livery stable, from his requirement that customers take either the horse nearest the stable door or none

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

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