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Hobson
HOB-suhn
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An English surname, also the name of small communities in Alabama, Montana, and Texas.
"Hobson took the job no one else wanted, giving rise to the phrase "Hobson's choice.""
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_____ took the job no one else wanted, giving rise to the phrase "Hobson's choice."
Etymology
From a medieval diminutive of the given name Robert plus -son.