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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
Etymologies
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BTW he is not on the Wall and is not listed as a RAT or in Hobson's Vietnam Air Losses
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The great Conrad Veidt does a pretty good job as a decent German, romantic hero and occasional comedian, and Valerie Hobson is nearly sexy.
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Special guest and leading business podcaster Neville Hobson is flying in from the UK to recount the story behind his hugely successful show, For Immediate Release.
September 2007 2007
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Special guest and leading business podcaster Neville Hobson is flying in from the UK to recount the story behind his hugely successful show, For Immediate Release.
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Don't want to be one of those guys, but the misuse of the phrase Hobson's Choice is a pet peeve.
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In 1932 I got scions from the Department, got what ultimately became known as the Hobson, from Jasper, Georgia.
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Captain Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands at the beginning of February, 1840.
Historic, Economic and Social Development in New Zealand 1947
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And without another word Hobson stripped himself, plunged into the half-frozen water, and being a powerful swimmer a few strokes soon brought him to the other side of the crevasse, when he disappeared amongst the icebergs.
The Fur Country 1874
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DOBBS: That's what's called a Hobson's choice in Washington, D.C. Now, the results of tonight's poll: 94 percent of you say you would stop banking with a financial institution because it exports American jobs to cheap overseas labor markets.
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To Americans it recalled Hobson's exploit with the
Winning a Cause World War Stories Inez Bigwood 1901
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