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hat trick
1. Any trick with a hat, e.g. one performed by a conjurer. (In quot. applied to securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat on it.)
1886Daily Tel. 10 Apr. 5/2 He may soon acquire the hat trick and other ways of securing a place.
2. a. Cricket. The feat of a bowler who takes three wickets by three successive balls: orig. considered to entitle him to be presented by his club with a new hat or some equivalent.
1877J. Lillywhite Cricketers' Compan. 181 Having on one occasion taken six wickets in seven balls, thus performing the hat-trick successfully. 1882Daily Tel. 19 May, He thus accomplished the feat known as the ‘hat trick’, and was warmly applauded. 1896West 1st Year at School xxvi, The achievement of the hat⁓trick afforded Eliot the proudest moment of his life.
b. Hence gen., a threefold feat in other sports or activities.
1909Daily Chron. 12 Aug. 9/2 It is seldom that an apprentice does the ‘hat trick’, but the feat was accomplished by..an apprentice... His three successes were gained on Soldier.., Lady Carlton.., and Hawkweed. 1930Morning Post 16 July 17/2 Wragg's mount.. enabled his jockey to complete the so-called ‘hat-trick’. 1931Statesman (Calcutta) 5 Dec., British aircraft constructors are hoping that an official attempt will shortly be made on the world's height record, and the ‘hat trick’ accomplished by the annexation of all three of the records which really matter in aviation. 1958Economist 13 Sept. 819/1 The Tories are excited because it looks as if they may flout all precedents and complete a hat-trick of wins. 1967J. Potter Foul Play (1968) ix. 100 Apart from a hat trick by our centre forward it wasn't much of a game. |