Hobson's en · NOUN
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(Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of Hobson's choice (“the voice”).
alt of Hobson's choice
He then grabbed 'old of the knife, raised it above 'is loaf, and was just about to kill his currant with it, when 'e suddenly heard the Hobson's of an angel from heaven saying, Abraham! Abraham!'
2001, Mike Coles, The Bible in Cockney, Oxford, Oxfordshire: The Bible Reading Fellowship, →ISBN, page 23: