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hat trick

  1. Sports any of various unusual feats; esp., the act by a single player in ice hockey, soccer, etc. of scoring three goals in one game
  2. any remarkable feat, usually one consisting of three separate but related achievements to pull off a hat trick by writing three bestsellers

Etymology: orig. term in cricket: from the practice of rewarding with a new hat the feat performed by a bowler taking three wickets on successive balls

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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