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Hobson

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Cambridge stabler who let out horses on hire, the choice always limited to the one next the door, the one that had been longest in, hence Hobson's Choice.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hobson'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/hobson.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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