The title of a recent post comes from the lyrics to the Cole Porter song "Don't Fence Me In."
I was unsure of the lyric, so I took to the web, and found the song written out in at least four different places. Two sites took the lyric to be "I can't look at hovels," another used "hobbles" and the fourth used "hovels" the first time the chorus came around and "hobbles" the second time. So, as the word "hobbles" made less sense to me and "hovels" had the most votes for usage, I went with "hovels."
I am now informed that "hobbles" are "short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off." So while both words are lyrically coherent, I am inclined to think that "hobbles" is the correct lyric.
See, kids! The internet is for learning!
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